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Different Meanings Mindset

October 31st, 2012

Communication often gets strained and confused when the sender and receiver make assumptions about what a word means. For example, what does opportunity mean?

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Appreciation Mindset

June 30th, 2012

In the speed of our everyday activities, how often do you appreciate your life, work and all that is around you? I just returned from several weeks in Peru and realized how there is so much I take for granted which deserves to be appreciated. Like what…?

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Initial Perception Mindset

March 30th, 2012

Two sides… Two perceptions… Two truths? What were the INITIAL perceptions that created the recent tragedy in Florida with Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman?
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Mindset created from Name

April 29th, 2010

It seems that just hearing a name for something often activates our mindset about the named item. Assumptions are made; judgements are made; likes and dislikes are established… even before fully understanding the named item. For example, I was recently given a plant that is known as a Chicken Gizzard plant. Wow, now that’s a name that stirs up some assumptions…

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