Category Archives: awareness

(#449) A Blogger’s Retrospective for 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

May you create, share, and savor powerful moments in the coming year and beyond. [Watch this week’s recommended video toward the end of this post!] While sitting in an Austin hotel room at the end of May 2010, I wrote … Continue reading →

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(#448) Flexibility

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

  NOTE to my followers.  This will be my last post for 2018.  Next week in this space you will find my annual end-of-year retrospective.  Thank you for following, commenting, and sharing my posts.  I appreciate you. May you end … Continue reading →

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(#447) Resistance Bubbles

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

How do we get the two groups to the table to capitalize on the 10% they agree on—to start a conversation and maybe educate one another to each resistance bubble’s beliefs and core values? Is this a worthy goal—and, is … Continue reading →

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(#446) What Serves As Your Fuel?

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

W.A.Y.D.T.G.W.Y.W? Clean out an overstuffed desk drawer or dig into the rear of the hall closet and you might say, “Darn, where did that come from?” Or, a slight smile might crease your lips, “Yeah, that brings back memories!” Last … Continue reading →

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(#445) Endings. Beginnings. Beginnings. Endings.

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

How will the ending affect your beginning? Sunset. Moonrise. Moonset. Sunrise. December 31. January 1. High school graduation. College first-year experience. Diagnosis. Recovery. Digital detachment. Digital detachment. Relationships. Relationships. Death. Birth. Winter. Spring. Rainbow bridge. Puppy adoption. Open door. Closed … Continue reading →

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(#444) Mouths and Ears

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Discourse. Dialogue. Debate. Diminished? In an interview with Bill Moyers, writer and political analyst Sam Tanenhaus addressed the challenge with current-day discourse or dialogue or debate. The people around the table “have many mouths but they don’t have many ears… … Continue reading →

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(#443) Why Did We Form This Band?

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

There are some things that really matter, like a shared vision. If the singer wants to be a star, the guitarist wants to play a different style and the bassist and drummer are in it to smoke weed and jam… … Continue reading →

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(#442) Community Building: Beyond Why to How

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

The question, in my mind, moves beyond why we need community to how we go about building and sustaining it. While dichotomies can be simplistic, they can also help frame a conversation. When you seek a community, toward which end … Continue reading →

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(#441) It Means Something to Somebody

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

It got me thinking about those missed moments when we think something isn’t “worth it.” I often post sunrise photos from my beach walk with Roxie (B.D.E.). Judging from the “likes” and comments, people enjoy “sharing” the morning scenery with … Continue reading →

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(#440) What Matters Now?

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

When you set your goals you said to yourself, “These matter to me.” As you review where you have been and where you want to go, ask yourself, “What matters now?”  And then act on it. While we set goals … Continue reading →

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