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A functioning community moves beyond listing and reciting core values. It shares and lives those values. And, it provides a safe place for its members to explore, stretch, learn, fail, and grow.
Steve is not a life coach and does not provide legal advice. He facilitates conversations and helps raise and confront important questions about what we do, why we do it, and how we do it.
Tag Archives: resilience
(Issue #624) NOW is My Time (reprise)
When I spend time in the past and in the future, I miss the present. I miss what is with me—and will soon become the past. ~~~~~ [NOTE ABOUT THIS POST: Excerpted from my blog post of November 24, 2013. … Continue reading
(Issue #623) What Have We Learned in 12 Years?
NOTE ABOUT THIS POST: This week I have a repost with a twist. The post below (Issue #1 on this blog) went live on May 31, 2010. At the time, SOCIAL MEDIA was a bit of a new hot topic … Continue reading
Posted in Communication
Tagged awareness, civility in media, collaboration, comunication, leadership, resilience, social media
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(Issue #622) A Functioning Community is More than a Zip Code
Consider your community’s assets and needs. Consider the interlocking nature of the people, place, and purpose your community attempts to serve. ~~~~~ A community may be viewed as a point on the map—yet it is more than just a place … Continue reading
Posted in Life lessons
Tagged awareness, collaboration, community, growth, motivation, purpose, resilience
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(Issue #620) Volunteer and Grow
You give of yourself because the giving makes the act about the other person,not about you. ~~~~~ One of the organizations for whom Roxie and I volunteer asked me to participate in a video interview about volunteering. Why volunteer for … Continue reading
Posted in Community, community service, volunteering
Tagged awareness, collaboration, resilience
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(Issue #619) Turtles, Giraffes, and Roosters
For what and/or for whom are you ready to crow about this coming week? ~~~~~ We’ve all heard the idiom to stick your neck out. It is used when you embark on an endeavor that entails a level of risk … Continue reading
(Issue #618) Getting There, Not Being There
On the way to being there what do we miss along the path of getting there. ~~~~~ In his book No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael J. Fox helps us understand his journey with Parkinson’s Disease … Continue reading
(Issue #617) Appreciating in Front of Me
Too often we become distracted about what will be or what has been, at the expense of what is now.~~~~~ Posts on this blog have addressed the power of staycations. (Like here and here.) And before “virtual” became synonymous with … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, home, present-mindedness
Tagged awareness, community, growth, resilience
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(Issue #616) Create a Call-In Culture
On the way to clarity, we establish connections, and we enhance chances to establisha “Call-In Culture.”~~~~~ A previous post on this blog stated, While simple dichotomies may be deceptively simplistic, they can provide a starting point for conversation and movement. Each day … Continue reading
Posted in Life lessons
Tagged assumptions, awareness, collaboration, community, growth, resilience
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(Issue #614) Personal Mantras
Reflective Skies Placid Seas Inner Voice Quiet, Please! ~~~~~ At a friend’s suggestion, I read about finding and/or creating a personal mantras. One site suggested one hundred mantras—and a four-point strategy to develop your own. You can check it out … Continue reading
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