Category Archives: assumptions

(#437) Your Meeting Deserves a K.I.S.S.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Keep It Simple and Short Do an internet search for “effective meetings” and you will find a few suggestions. About 185 million. Is there a “secret sauce” for an effective meeting? A few questions to consider as you plan your … Continue reading →

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(#434) Wisdom

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

The opportunities to appreciate wisdom exist all around us. Are we mindful? Are we paying attention. Several years ago, on this blog, I wrote the following: Wisdom does NOT necessarily come with knowledge. I know a lot of “educated” people … Continue reading →

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(#433) Verifying Truth

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

You won’t find a step that says evaluate a source based on what “my group believes” or “who tweeted the most” or “how much I dislike a source.”  2012: Maybe it is the heat of the political campaign season. The … Continue reading →

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(#432) Compassion

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Law. The rest is commentary. Now go and learn.” —Rabbi Hillel— The election season turns a bright light on a tarnished process. Reasoned discourse?  Recognize … Continue reading →

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(#431) Pay Attention to the 360° View

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

If we gaze in one direction, toward the subject and the toward the subject only, we miss the full spectrum. On every sunrise beach walk, Roxie and I see people capturing the splendor of the dawn. Generally, with their phones … Continue reading →

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(#429) Everything Is Up for Revision

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Considered evaluation can alter, broaden, and strengthen our belief system. My wife and I recently heard several teens deliver a Sunday message at their church. Their individual messages struck common chords about compassion, acceptance, and communal growth. One of the … Continue reading →

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(#427) Someone Must be the Grown-Up in the Room

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

The leader helps us see what is possible, especially when we do not have that vision in our experience. Transformation does not just appear. It requires vision, thought, communication, respect, difficult questioning, and better listening. Transformational leaders help orchestrate that … Continue reading →

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(#424) Connections

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

“Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.” – Erma Bombeck – Random thoughts about the power of connections. On those times when we take chances, when we risk stepping outside of … Continue reading →

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(#423) Poverty

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

When communities build walls to separate their people (due to a poverty of understanding or compassion), the lack can seem insurmountable.  “The world tends to define poverty and riches simply in terms of economics. But poverty has many faces—weakness, dependence, … Continue reading →

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(#422) Ask. Listen. Act.

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Noise abounds as people tell us what we should and should not. Perhaps we do the same to others. I stood in the back of an auditorium in New Mexico.  In ten minutes, I would be introduced to an audience … Continue reading →

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