“I’m not going to change my mind,” the claim’s agent repeated. “We deny the claim.”
Donna shoved her office door almost closed as she raised her voice, “How can you do that?”
“No police report was filed. A witness disputed the original account.”
“But she admitted she was on her cell phone.”
“She wasn’t on her phone.”
Donna’s voice pierced the walls ricocheting down the hall.
She had lost…
Your team gathers for the Thursday meeting. Last week’s session was tough, its not easy to own your residence in Stuckville.
So a “friendlier atmosphere” is appreciated. Today team members don’t make the conference table the dividing line between the “Old Timers” and the “new blood”. As each manager give an update, you notice a shift in attitude.
You were encouraged when they…
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me.”
Remember that chant? It’s straight from the pages of Playground 101: How to “strike back” when insulted by others. The playground could get ugly. Insults flew back and forth across the schoolyard.
“Hey, four eyes!”
“You’re such a spaz!”
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it. – Dale Carnegie
Several weeks into her coaching engagement, the stress on Tonya’s…
Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one to thank. – Christina G. Rossetti
Who receives your gratitude?
By definition, being grateful involves an appreciation for what is received and some form of expression in light of the “gift”.
Living conscious of benefits received supports our ability to live with gratitude.
The word history of “thanks” takes us to the Latin…
