Tag Archives: collaboration

(Issue #473) Legacy

Posted on June 16, 2019 by

What is your hope for your community? What do you want to see, and more importantly, what will you do to make it happen? What legacy will you help build and contribute to for the coming generations? Last week, as … Continue reading →

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(#Issue 471) Confronting the Bullies

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

What we do in these situations defines our characters, our communities, and our destiny. DeRay Mckesson, in On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope, reminds us of the power a bully holds when we fail to confront … Continue reading →

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(Issue #459) Resilience: Where Can You Make Changes?

Posted on March 10, 2019 by

This week’s blog post draws on the seventh, and final, core value from Community as a Safe Place to Land (2019). Resilience: The ability to connect adaptability, recovery, growth, and discovery. The Seven Core Values for Purpose and Growth provide … Continue reading →

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(Issue #458) Reflection As A Non-Luxury Good

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

This week’s blog post draws on the sixth core value from Community as a Safe Place to Land (2019): Taking time to consider, ponder, remember, analyze, evaluate, and appreciate the various connections of life. It sounds logical, commonsensical, and a … Continue reading →

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(#448) Flexibility

Posted on December 23, 2018 by

  NOTE to my followers.  This will be my last post for 2018.  Next week in this space you will find my annual end-of-year retrospective.  Thank you for following, commenting, and sharing my posts.  I appreciate you. May you end … Continue reading →

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(#447) Resistance Bubbles

Posted on December 16, 2018 by

How do we get the two groups to the table to capitalize on the 10% they agree on—to start a conversation and maybe educate one another to each resistance bubble’s beliefs and core values? Is this a worthy goal—and, is … Continue reading →

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(#443) Why Did We Form This Band?

Posted on November 18, 2018 by

There are some things that really matter, like a shared vision. If the singer wants to be a star, the guitarist wants to play a different style and the bassist and drummer are in it to smoke weed and jam… … Continue reading →

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