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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: risk
(#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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(#372) Independence
Consider where you can expand beyond your comfort zone. Insights can come at any time. We just need to be open. One appeared a few days ago in a yoga class–while I was doing my best imitation of swaying tree, … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, authenticity, awareness, change, Choice, coaching, confidence, creating your future, curiosity, Discipline, Excuses, Failure, fitness, Gratitude, Grit, growth, habits, resilience
Tagged chance, change, choice, fear, freedom from fear, goals, growth, independence, motivation, resilience, risk, steve piscitelli, stretch, yoga
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(#250) Motivating the Motivators
Beyond the paycheck and benefits, what is being done to motivate those who are charged with motivating our students? Last week, I had the following question posed to me: How can we motivate more faculty to take control of their … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Failure, growth, health, leadership, Personal growth, Personal Wellbeing, resilience, risk-taking
Tagged burnout, faculty development, failure, growth, leadership, professional development, resilience, risk, stress
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(#243) Failure Is An Option
How will I stretch myself in the coming week? Even if I might fail, what will I do to continue my learning and growth? WHAT IF? Consider the power and challenge of that question. Make it personal and it becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Choice, creating your future, Failure, Goals, Mindfulness, Motivation, Passion, Personal growth, resilience
Tagged adjunct faculty, appreciation, failure, goals, leadership, motivation, passion, personal growth, professional development, professional growth, resilience, risk, risk-taking
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(#192) Be Brave and Go There
If I have learned anything over the years, playing it safe is usually the biggest risk… We could well find ourselves in an unacceptable environment that we quietly let grow around us. Martin Niemöller spent seven years in a Nazi … Continue reading
Posted in Choice, Civility, collaboration, creating your future, influence, leadership, Making a Difference, Personal growth
Tagged bravery, courage, leadership, personal growth, risk
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(#173) Sailing or Anchoring?
To reach a port, we must sail. Sail, not tie at anchor. Sail, not drift. –Franklin Roosevelt– No doubt, you have heard people use the expression “think outside the box” to encourage creative thinking. The idea: move beyond your comfort … Continue reading
Posted in change, collaboration, Creativity, growth, leadership
Tagged change, collaboration, courage, creativity, growth, leadershipe, negativity, risk, SWOT
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