Strata Leadership defines Availability as a willingness to change my schedule and priorities to meet a need. Notice the definition of Availability does not state a willingness to change schedule and priorities for every distraction that comes up. John Eldredge in his book titled Get Your Life...
Many animals and species utilize cooperation to function, protect, sustain and support the members of their society. Many examples such as ants, dolphins, lions and prairie dogs have been utilized to study the benefits and process of cooperation. If and when you’re looking for it, you will never...
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to participate in a trip with my church. The purpose of the trip was to hold a ladies Bible conference at two different Navajo/Apache reservation churches in Arizona. With eight people traveling together, cooperation was essential. We flew out on a...
As I thought about the last year and the events of the world, cooperation is definitely not the word I would use to describe what has gone on, especially if you watched the news for more than five minutes! Fortunately, when I think of our local community, cooperation is seen everywhere. The...
If you’re familiar with the Enneagram, I am a “1 wing 9, reformer (perfectionist)/peacemaker.” I have a tendency to believe that every decision should have a perfect outcome that makes everyone happy. Early in the pandemic, I began to recognize that when faced with a choice where I didn’t like...
The character trait for this month is Decisiveness. The irony is that as I was studying the topic of decision-making and preparing these remarks I certainly felt indecisive as I tried to determine what to include or exclude. Decisiveness is defined by the Cambridge and Oxford Dictionaries as the...
A friend once told me that anytime her and her husband drove by someone who was homeless he would make the statement, “one bad decision and that could be me.” This statement has always stuck with me, but I think due to the amount of caring family I have, it is really hard for me to truly relate...
We all know what honesty is, but even so, it is still easy to distort or exaggerate the truth. We live in a world that is easily influenced by headlines that are written to grab the attention of the reader. Often, the most attention-grabbing headline may not be untruthful, but it may be...
I’m pretty sure the other members of the Character Council just wanted me to present the trait of honesty because they thought it would be funny, since I’m a polygraph examiner and it’s kind of my job to figure out if people are being honest or not. As a tidbit of useless trivia on that subject,...
In a world and society where marketing strategies and spin are at the forefront of advertisements and headlines, it is easy to fall into the trap of saying whatever needs to be said to get to the end goal or give others the very best impression of us. Social media adds another dimension allowing...
A tenet of the City’s work philosophy is ‘Choose Your Attitude’. This philosophy is taken from the book FiSH! by Stephen Ludin, Harry Paul and John Christensen. The book uses the work habits of an actual fish market in Seattle to show that any work environment can improve customer service, build...
As 2020 was coming to an end, I started reflecting on the past year and how it made me feel. I realized the one word that summed up everything I was writing down, was the word, “angry.” So, while this character introduction is for POSITIVITY, it is also a symbolic funeral for my anger. It is an...
