Tag Archives: integrity

(#267) You Get to Create the Path

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Steve Piscitelli

We are all artists painting our own lives. While facilitating a Texas faculty resilience workshop, I presented the following R.D. Laing quote to the audience: The range of what we think and do Is limited by what we fail to … Continue reading →

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(#266) Challenging the Status Quo

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Steve Piscitelli

We have to remember what we learned in our formative years: “Know what battles to pick.” Great advice unless you never seem to choose a battle. I was recently asked what kind of advice I would give to the new … Continue reading →

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(#245) Courage

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Steve Piscitelli

What we do in these situations defines our characters and our destiny. Courage.  How do you define it? How do you exhibit it in your daily life? Probably the best way I ever heard it defined did not see it … Continue reading →

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(#222) Thirty-Three Years of Dreams

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Steve Piscitelli

I never lose sight of the fact that I have an obligation to each and every person in the seats in that room. This coming Monday, I will have the opportunity to begin my 33rd year in the classroom.  I … Continue reading →

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(#218) Stop Saying “I Understand!”

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Steve Piscitelli

Don’t guarantee what you cannot deliver. By now you probably heard the customer service call from hell that a Comcast customer recently endured. While Comcast apologized, I think most of us can sympathize, empathize and/or identify with the situation. At … Continue reading →

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(#177) Caring Without Candor Should Raise Concerns

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Steve Piscitelli

It’s one thing to say our students should raise themselves by their own bootstraps. It’s quite another to make sure we provide them with the boots and the straps. Yesterday, I reacquainted myself with an interview of leadership coach and … 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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(#167) Standout or Get Left Behind

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Steve Piscitelli

What can you do this week to become the go-to person, the linchpin— the difference maker—in the lives of others, and by so doing, make a huge difference in your life? Last week I read (devoured) Seth Godin’s provocative book, … Continue reading →

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(#152) P.T.M.: What Is Your Calling?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Steve Piscitelli

No matter what we do, we owe it to ourselves, the task at hand, and the people around us to do it with pride and integrity. I started class this past week by showing a slide with three letters: P-T-M. … Continue reading →

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(#129) Identify What You Can Influence

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Today, you have the ability to have a positive impact on your little area of the world.  Tomorrow, broaden that circle. One of my students, during an in-class post-election discussion, said that he was disappointed at the level of nastiness … Continue reading →

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