Category Archives: resilience

(#397) A Blogger’s Retrospective: 2017 in Review

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

May you create, share, and savor powerful moments in the coming year and beyond. While sitting in an Austin hotel room at the end of May 2010, I wrote my first post for this blog. At that time, I had … 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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(#395) Acknowledge. Anticipate. Appreciate.

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Acknowledge the past. Anticipate the future. And do not forget to appreciate the present.  As I enjoyed a Bahamian sunrise last week—disconnected from all but the waves and wind rushing by the ship’s balcony—three words came to mind. Acknowledge. Anticipate. … Continue reading →

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(#394) Resilience: Supporting, Flourishing, Growing

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Do you see resilience as springing solely from adversity? Can it build from positive interactions in times that lack trauma? As we age, do we become more of ourselves? Do we become more of what we have already been in … Continue reading →

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(#392) He Made Me A Better Version Of Myself

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Charles, thank you for being there for so many of us. Thank you for reminding us of the importance of humility, hard work, personal fortitude, paying attention, listening, and mostly, being human. You made me a better version of myself. … Continue reading →

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(#391) Hotdogs, Weak Signals, and Promising Practices

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

What signals need to be heeded for the future? How can you move “best practices” to “promising practices”? One legend holds that a baseball scorecard salesman introduced the hotdog to the baseball park. The story unfolds in 1905 when Harry … Continue reading →

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(#390) A Seven Week Challenge for Purpose and Growth

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

May you finish 2017 with clarity, peace, and vision for your future as well as those in your life. I am offering you the chance to engage in a seven week journey. Over the past four or five years I … Continue reading →

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(#389) Create Your Own Breaking Alerts!

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Start small. Start local. Do nothing. In a recent edition of The Story of Telling, Bernadette Jiwa noted that a Google search of “how to create a sense of urgency” found nearly thirty-five million hits.  Yesterday, I typed in “breaking … Continue reading →

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(#388) Connectors. Dividers. Adopters. Resistors.

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

We have to know who “gets it, wants it, and has the capacity for it.” A community has many attributes. For me, it’s hard to conceive of a community without unity. You cannot spell community without unity. A community represents … Continue reading →

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(#386) The Paddle Out

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Sometimes we have to plow through rough water to find our happy places. The first part of each ocean kayak adventure involves the paddle out. Before I can enjoy the smoother ocean waters, I have to get through the breakers … Continue reading →

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