Category Archives: lifelong learning

(Issue #653) If I Only Had Six Months to Live

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Steve Piscitelli

At times, the stories we tell ourselves and the stories we live contradict one another. [Note: Before you leave this post, check out the video link at the end.] One exercise I did with my students and national audiences was … Continue reading →

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(Issue #501) A Blogger’s Retrospective for 2019

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Steve Piscitelli

May you create, share, and savor powerful moments in the coming year and beyond. -Happy New Year. Scroll down to view my Gratitude Video to you.- While sitting in an Austin hotel room at the end of May 2010, I … Continue reading →

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(#396) Circle the Wagons?

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

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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(#271) Comfort Zone

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Steve Piscitelli

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” -Neale Donald Walsch- Meet Roxie, a 14-week old rescue puppy, who arrived in our lives a few days ago. And like our previous companion, Buddy, she immediately began teaching us. As … Continue reading →

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(#234) Are You Waiting for It?

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Steve Piscitelli

You don’t wait for a goal—you work for it.  Perhaps you have heard someone say something like, “I have been waiting for this all my life!”  A student says, “I have been waiting for the day I get my degree.”   Or … Continue reading →

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(#217) What We Think We Become

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Steve Piscitelli

Until she made the decision to start focusing on how her now created her later, she lived a life of unfulfilled expectations. Last week in Chicago, Liz Murray opened our conference with riveting revelations about her journey.  Liz’s story is … Continue reading →

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(#179) Stop, Reflect, Evaluate

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Steve Piscitelli

 Do you want someone else or something else to determine where you will end up? Is your growth intentional?  We just passed the halfway point of the semester on campus.  Midterm exams have come and gone. Although students receive continual … Continue reading →

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(#174) We Are All Related

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Steve Piscitelli

Mitakuye Oyasin -Lakota- It sounds so simple. It rings so true. And, it makes sense. Mitakuye Oyasin. Years ago I read words attributed to Chief Seattle that stated we are the web of life; whatever we do to the web … Continue reading →

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#108 Lifelong Learning

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. – John Dewey [See below for information about my new webinar series.] Teaching provides an environment that constantly motivates me to learn. Every day—and I mean EVERY day—I learn something … Continue reading →

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