Tag: COMMUNICATION
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Family implosion… The conclusion
When your family blows up for no fault to your own, what you do as a parent? When the problems and concerns becomes so chronic that people begin to fight… Then part ways… It becomes critical mass. That’s when restoration and the process of recognizing what’s happening is critical. Forgiveness is critical. Process is critical.…
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Family, drama and heartbreak part #1.
Every family has at some point a big heartbreak or dividing point. Ours is no different… The content of the heartbreak is not what I want to address… It’s the process in which we address and go through the heartbreak that is key here It all started with gossip and backdoor communication and not going…
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Blindsiding hurt
We have all experienced some like this… Someone that we were close to completely turns on us and cuts off the relationship for reasons, unknown… The classic blindside… Super, super hurtful! This happened to us! Our adult kids felt like there were some issues and sent us a text and ask for no more communication…
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ADD and Me #3
After being called out by my boss, and then self diagnosing myself with ADD… I’ve decided to employ methods of best practices going forward… I’m catching myself multitasking, I am getting off the phone and being focused with people and being present more often, and I am decidedly taking time to focus on the tasks…
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ADD and me!
My boss, Alex called me out on the phone and our weekly meeting the other day… He said that I never listen and I only register about 50% of what he tells me on our calls and that I likely multitask too much and then it came… Scott I think you have a big case…
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The tribal response
Nothing is more interesting than when somebody offends the team and the whole tribe goes after the offender. to prove my Nothing is more evident than the experience at the restaurant where there really screw up the order! Yesterday at breakfast, the white stuff forgot four of our orders out of 12 people. You would…
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Transitioning home from vacation
We recently took a long overdue 10 day vacation to Medford, Boise, and Bend, Oregon. It was all amazing! Kids, grandkids, sightseeing, food, drink, and so much more! The anticipated consequence was coming back to utter life and business loss of momentum! Meaning that as I got back, I had to regroup and recoup and…
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Pick up the damn phone!
Life is too short to not pick up the damn phone and make connections with people who you love or supposedly care for. So many of us go through our lives, and our days, weeks, months and years and never really take initiative when it comes to connection. It’s important we do just that! Especially…
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Interdependence
Being an independent Christian is an oxymoron. It is at least toxic. The fact is we need one another and God. The notion of the lone ranger and independent person doing life on their own is a myth. We really do need other people in our lives that love and support us. Dependence is not…