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Category Archives: respect
(Issue #500) 2019: A Year of Gratitude
NOTE: This week’s issue marks the 500th consecutive week that I have posted on this blog. That equates to about nine years and seven months. Or nearly 115 months. In keeping with today’s topic of gratitude, thank you for following, … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, authenticity, collaboration, collegiality, Community, consideration, dignity, Integrity, Life lessons, resilience, respect
Tagged appreciation, awareness, community, friendship, gratitude, resilience, thank you
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(#423) Poverty
When communities build walls to separate their people (due to a poverty of understanding or compassion), the lack can seem insurmountable. “The world tends to define poverty and riches simply in terms of economics. But poverty has many faces—weakness, dependence, … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, action, assumptions, authenticity, awareness, Being REMARKABLE, change, change management, Choice, Civility, collaboration, Critical Thinking, Life lessons, respect, responsibility, risk-taking
Tagged acceptance, community, compassion, hope, poverty, resilience, respect
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(#384) Without Relationships What Do You Have?
These bureaucrats failed to establish a basic, meaningful, and respectful relationship with us. My latest appearance on The Morning Show (TV 4) in Jacksonville, FL explored a strategy to examine life goals: The Second R.E.A.D. The video of the week clip below … Continue reading
Posted in assumptions, awareness, collegiality, Communication, Life lessons, Relationship, relevance, resilience, respect
Tagged communication, connections, relationships, resilience, respect
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(#383) Creating Direction
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
Posted in Appropriate Behavior, assumptions, authenticity, awareness, Being REMARKABLE, change, Community, community development, dignity, fortitude, Friendship, generativity, Gratitude, Life lessons, listening, Personal Wellbeing, potential, practicality, respect
Tagged authenticity, brotherhood, choice, community, compassion, creation, enlightenment, graciousness, hubris, humility, resilience, risk, tolerance, unity, zest
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(#347) Clues At The Tip Of My Nose
The little child had returned to remind and reassure me to believe in my abilities and myself. A few months ago, I sat on a balcony three stories above the Gulf of Mexico in Key Largo, Florida. The pre-sunrise morning … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Appreciation, confidence, courage, curiosity, empathy, Gratitude, Grit, growth, Life lessons, Personal growth, Personal Wellbeing, resilience, respect, self-love
Tagged Anxiety, child-like, children, confidence, grit, life lessons, reassurance, resilience
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(#297) In Their Words: Leadership and Collaboration
The leadership concepts and exhortations below can be summed up in a word, RESPECT. Respect for your abilities, respect for your followers, respect for your team, respect for the mission, respect for humor, and respect for relationship building. My inspiration … Continue reading
Posted in leadership, Life lessons, respect, transformational leadership
Tagged collaboration, dignity, respect, transformational leadership
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(#260) An Evening in the Gratitude Café
So many great things, places and people surround us. Appreciate them…embrace them. This past week I had the opportunity to participate in a celebration of life for a friend who left us far too soon. Kent Lindsey will be remembered … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Gratitude, Life lessons, Reflection, Relationship, resilience, respect
Tagged gratitude, resilience
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