Category Archives: Being REMARKABLE

(#421) Step Out, Stretch, and Experience

Posted on June 17, 2018 by stevepiscitelli

You make your partner look good. The scene is never about you…. When we learn we either acquire new skills and knowledge or modify old structures of knowing and doing.  It helps us adapt, change, survive, grow, and thrive.  The … Continue reading →

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(#420) Trust As A Core Value

Posted on June 10, 2018 by stevepiscitelli

Everyone has a story and our job is to listen. A few decades years after the Civil War, Clara White, a former slave, saw a need and took action in her Jacksonville, Florida neighborhood.  Some of her neighbors did not … Continue reading →

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(#416) A Safe Place to Land

Posted on May 13, 2018 by stevepiscitelli

I kept hearing about the connections between congregants and neighborhood, congregants and congregants, as well as congregants and their own souls. Consider this. It’s 1993. You are an exuberant minister with a young and growing family.  You walk into a … Continue reading →

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(#410) Your Backstory

Posted on April 1, 2018 by stevepiscitelli

Who are two people who have had the biggest impact on your life? Bernadette Jiwa’s new release, Story Driven: You Don’t Need to Compete When You Know Who You Are, “invites you to begin retracing your steps on you journey … Continue reading →

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(#408) Self-Evaluation

Posted on March 18, 2018 by stevepiscitelli

Narrow the focus and help yourself understand what does or does not serve and nourish your soul. I have a quick four question survey I ask audiences to complete for me.  It asks them to consider what we did during … Continue reading →

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(#404) Risk, Empty Spaces, and Self: Lessons from the Stage

Posted on February 18, 2018 by stevepiscitelli

“There is no failure in result; there is only failure in process.” Sam Wasson’s Improv Nation: How We Made A Great American Art provides more than an improv history lesson. He deftly lays out a philosophy of life.  For all … Continue reading →

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(#396) Circle the Wagons?

Posted on December 24, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

Rather than circling the wagons, maybe we should let the horses run. NOTE to my followers.  This will be my last post for 2017.  Next week in this space you will find my annual end-of-year retrospective.  Thank you for following, … Continue reading →

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(#387) Lessons from Elementary School

Posted on October 22, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

Adults, are we listening? Three lessons from elementary school this week. (1) Mrs. Hullender teaches 1st grade at the Atlantic Beach Elementary School. Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to visit her classroom during a mini leadership conference.  That’s right. … Continue reading →

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(#383) Creating Direction

Posted on September 24, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

While simple dichotomies may be deceptively simplistic, they can provide a starting point for conversation and movement. Each day we have the opportunity to provide light or darkness. We provide direction or obfuscation. With every decision and interaction, we can … Continue reading →

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(#379) Accommodations For My Students Made Me A Better Teacher

Posted on August 27, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

Being a teacher is more than knowing one’s content and “covering” the material. Effective teachers do what they can to connect with each student and build a community of learners who connect with one another. The Individuals with Educational Disabilities … Continue reading →

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