“Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” – Malcolm Gladwell, journalist, public speaker, and author of “Outliers: The Story of Success” and “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking.” Cambridge English Dictionary defines decisiveness...
Mother Teresa said, in “No Greater Love” (2016), “In order for us to be able to love, we need to have faith, because faith is love in action and love in action is service. In order for us to be able to love, we have to see and touch. Faith in action through prayer, faith in action through service:...
Gratefulness refers to our ability to show thanks for the things we have and a readiness to show appreciation and to return kindness. It helps us recognize all the blessings in our lives, which makes it easier to focus on the positive. I want to emphasize here…Being positive is not pretending that...
Not long ago I heard a speaker summarize 10 characteristics that require zero talent: Being on time Work ethic Effort Body language Energy Attitude Passion Being coachable Doing extra Being prepared For the sake of time, I am only going to focus on the very first characteristic, “Being On Time”....
As I was listening to an instructor in a common area of our school this week, I saw a student that I have been trying to catch for days. I stopped listening to the instructor, turned toward the student, had a brief conversation about scheduling a time to meet, then turned back to the instructor to...
