Category Archives: Gratitude

(#137) I’m Glad My Mother Taught Me To …

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Steve Piscitelli

A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a file folder I had forgotten about. The label on the folder simply said “My Mother.”  When we consider our parents, teachers, friends, neighbors, spiritual leaders, mentors, and even total strangers with whom … Continue reading →

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(#136) A Blogger’s Retrospective: 2012 in Review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

 Consider this a look back as we move toward the New Year. Perhaps a nugget or two will provide inspiration. Thank you for your continued support and comments. In May of 2010 I made the decision to begin my first … Continue reading →

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(#135) 2012: The Year of Gratitude

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone. -Gertrude Stein- About a year ago I read The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy. One of the many life success strategies Hardy described was a gratitude journal (of daily entries) he had written for his … Continue reading →

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(#127) Recognizing the Good Things in Life

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Why not recognize the good things that happen around us, show gratitude, and encourage those behaviors? Maybe in our own small way we can help create an environment of remarkable consistency and growth. This past Tuesday, my wife and I … Continue reading →

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#37 Three Good Things

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Steve Piscitelli

Greetings from the 30th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience. I always enjoy the opportunity to meet, talk, and work with colleagues from around our nation. It is truly one of the many good things that I have in my … Continue reading →

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#26 Free Hugs and Thank Yous

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Steve Piscitelli

A song video and a magazine column inspired this post. This past week I shared a moving video with my students.  Passed on to me by a colleague, “Free Hugs” , is a wonderfully touching montage of young people smiling and offering … Continue reading →

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(#23) No Promises

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Steve Piscitelli

I did not know Analiza Gobaton but her life had a profound impact on mine last week. Or, should I say, her death had a powerful impact. You see, last week, Ms. Gobaton was on her way to her children’s school … Continue reading →

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#12 An Attitude of Gratitude

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Steve Piscitelli

Tonight I was a fortunate man.  Along with six very good friends, I performed my new CD Find Your Happy Place! for an appreciative and accepting crowd at Lillie’s Coffee Bar (Neptune Beach, Florida).  There were people present from the … Continue reading →

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