One of the first things I learned as a kindergartener in Sunday School at Burnt Swamp Baptist Church in Lumberton, NC was the Golden Rule – Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. In other words, treat others the way you would like to be treated. Despite the simplicity of thisRead… Read more »
My father a member of the Silent Generation used this phrase all the time, “I Feel You But I Can’t Reach You.” Of course to him, the phrase was not a term of endearment. He used this refrain from a position of power as he reminded you of your lack of power. He never intendedRead… Read more »
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States commonly known as the 9/11 Commission, concluded that a piece of the systematic failure to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 9, 2011 was rooted in the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) lack of inclusion. When the commission spoke about inclusion, they did not mean inclusionRead… Read more »
The Nazi flag has been designated to the landfill of history. The Confederate flag is about to come down in South Carolina. Unfortunately, one flag still flies high in our nation’s capital, the flag of the Washington R-Word, an emblem of suffering, shame and racism to indigenous people in the USA. During the Confederate flagRead… Read more »
How often do you ask yourself the following question: Am I reaching my full potential? Thought leaders Marcus Buckingham, Dan Pink, Geoff Colvin and Malcolm Gladwell have. They all recommend different roads to the ultimate goal of maximum human achievement. For Buckingham, the key is playing to your strengths. He suggests we should be askingRead… Read more »
The resignation of Rachel Dolezal as president of the Spokane, WA National Association of the Advancement of Colored People has dominated the news lately. Ms. Dolezal had been using a fake racial identity by leading a chapter of the largest advocacy group in the country for African Americans as a mixed race person even thoughRead… Read more »
I come from a long line of substance abusers that reaches back several generations. Watching family members get on the road to sobriety has helped me understand that the part of the brain that has to rebuild itself during recovery is the same part of the brain that processes bias. Addiction thrives in the emotionalRead… Read more »
By the time you read this blog post if you are a federal government employee, you have probably already received an email from your agency asking you to participate in the annual job satisfaction and commitment survey to nowhere known as the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). Don’t participate this year. Why? This survey doesRead… Read more »
Recently the self-regulating, non-profit called the National Football League (NFL) that does not pay any income taxes added more ridicule to its shameless history when it penalized the New England Patriots for using under inflated footballs during its American Football Conference (AFC) game against the Indianapolis Colts on January 18, 2005. You may be sayingRead… Read more »
Emotional Awareness You can answer the following questions: • What am I feeling? • Why am I feeling like this? • How is it impacting me right now? Emotion Management and Impulse Control You can control the fight or flight tendencies of your emotional brain. You can step into a neutral place to control emotionalRead… Read more »