“Being brave requires taking deliberate action and doing something new that stretches you beyond your comfort zone.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact
“Any time you put yourself on the line, you risk (and maybe fear) failing, falling, being embarrassed, or looking stupid—none of which are comfortable.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact
“If being brave were easy, more people would be.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact
“Our cultural lens is so much a part of us that we are not even aware of how obvious it is to others. Like the nose on your face, you may forget that it is there, but everyone else sees it. I can’t look at you and not see your nose.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Being grounded in your lifelong culture and your personal perspective, you are comfortable with the way you see things and may believe it is the best and only way.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Thanksgiving is a time for celebration. It is a festive occasion to enjoy with family and friends.”
Source: The Gift of Thanksgiving
“We will judge others based on their behaviors with little to no understanding or regard for their beliefs or values—standards we may not know, nor typically see. When we do this, things can be taken completely out of context because we are assessing their behavior against our expectations, which are produced from our own personal value system.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“4 Steps for Understanding Each Other
1. Identify your beliefs and core values; ask how they determine your behaviors and habits.
2. Realize with whom you are interacting and try to identify how their values are explaining their behavior.
3. Assume positive intent.
4. Seek ways to adapt your behavior to help bridge the cultural gap.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“When you have orientational awareness, your perceptions and impressions are based on location and proximity. Orientation may imply hierarchy, position, and prestige, or be the result of habits, traditions, and perceptions.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“In America, when a man walks in front of a woman it may imply that they are not equals and he is exerting dominance over her, or being arrogant and rude. In a different culture, however, it may be presumed that he is someone worthy of profound respect and is protecting her by going first.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact