Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Strive to communicate without needing to win every debate. You mostly can’t win, even if you have all of the evidence on your side. Denial is a weapon used most, when values are stepped on.
#RPCL Log Date September 29, 2017 #BeingHuman #GenderEquity #FreedomOfChoice
Have you ever been in one of those situations where you get a judgmental sideways glance by everyone around you because you have stepped out of your gender role? Why couldn’t a woman be into home improvement and building things? Why couldn’t a man like ballet dancing? Isn’t it hurtful when people assume you don’t […]
#RPCL Log Date September 28, 2017 #BeingHuman #Collaboration #GoodToGreat
To go from good to great, it’s hard to do alone, efficiently and within definitive deadlines. In fact, it can take a lot longer than measured, utilize a lot more brains to solve the problem, and get messy and inefficient at first. But in fact, I always like the end product better when more minds are on it. We […]
#RPCL Log Date September 27, 2017 #BeingHuman #Refuel #Determination #NewNormalNotNormal
Your mission if you choose to accept it: Refuel with determination. Especially when the new normal doesn’t feel so normal,
#RPCL Log Date September 26, 2017 #BeingHuman #ListenForIntent #Empathy
When we listen with fear, we only hear the threat behind the words. We are not really listening. When we listen with our hearts, sometimes we miss the logic and let our emotions take over. So it’s important to listen with empathy. We can step away from judgment that may be engaged with fear or […]
#RPCL Log Date September 25, 2017 #BeingHuman #Smile #ContagiousSmiles
Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Smile. It’s contagious. You may just make someone’s day. Be kind. Be safe. Be appropriate. Now go!
#RPCL Log Date September 24, 2017 #BeingHuman #AskForHelpStrategically #BlindedByBeliefs
We have created such a culture of self-reliance and self preservation for the next generation, that we can’t possibly rely on others. That’s what we’re taught and passing on to the future. So of course I’m super frustrated when I hear stories like the recent local problem of the homelessness on KUOW, and how one […]
#RPCL Log Date September 23, 2017 #BeingHuman #AssaultOnValues #breathe
There are days when I feel like policies governed by this current administration feel like a full frontal assault on my values. And it’s stifling. It’s paralyzing. It’s so maddening I want to lash out. So what do I do? Refrain from broadcasting it on Facebook. Because by doing so, chances are I’m now assaulting others’ values. […]
#RPCL Log Date September 22, 2017 #BeingHuman #MoreThanOneWay
I find myself stuck with a proposal sitting in front of me. In part because it’s Sunday and I have my kid next to me, while my other daughter is at soccer with her dad. So I can’t just focus. In part because I keep telling myself I should be able to solve this final […]
#RPCL Log Date September 21, 2017 #BeingHuman #NotTooLate
Are you on a slippery downward slope with bad habits? Popping a handful of mixed nuts and chocolate chips into your mouth as a “healthy” snack during the day (not that I’ve EVER done that before), only to find that healthy just turned super high caloric after two or three handfuls. I have also been […]
