“Give thanks to the Lord, who reaches out to you, even when you hit rock bottom. Find strength in his love and wisdom.”
Source: The Gift of Thanksgiving
“When people can't give anything and are only there for themselves, why should others use their time and energy to get involved? There's no benefit.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Do you attend networking events to give out as many cards as possible or is it your intention to deliver something of value? When you are busy charging ahead with your own agenda, you're not meeting the needs of anyone but yourself—and it's obvious!”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“At a Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast, two of my friends and I were standing in a circle talking. A stranger approached, interrupted our little reunion, and gave each of us her card. She then began talking about herself and her business without a hint of social awareness, or care about her interruption. She even had the tactless gall to ask us for referrals. When she left our small circle, we looked at each other and laughed, “What was that?”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Situational awareness enables you to observe your periphery with a clear vision and emotional foresight, which may inevitably keep you socially, physically, or professionally out of harm's way. Connect the dots.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“When you enter a room, a social situation, or a business meeting, be mindful of cues; read between the lines to better understand people and events. What do these things tell you?”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“How do you know when to advance the conversation or when there's something still unresolved? When you are situationally aware, you watch the body language and notice the cues that are given to you. Listening and observing are being mindful in the best sense of the word.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Being “appropriate” means being suitable, fitting, relevant, or proper in a situation. What may be appropriate in one circumstance can be terribly inappropriate in another. How does one discern? Sometimes it is simply a matter of maturity and experience.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Contextual awareness represents a continuum of behaviors, which illustrates how and why groups of people unite or divide among cultures.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“UN-Impressive ‘Compliments’ . . .
• When compliments are used as a passive-aggressive way to manipulate others for personal gain.
• Delivering a back-handed compliment which makes others feel bad.
• Dishonesty—you say it but really do not mean it.
• False bravado.
• Manufacturing the moment for your ulterior motives.
• Pandering to win affection, a vote, or approval.
• Exaggerating and being over-zealous.
• Being hypocritical.
• Expressing preferential treatment or making an unfair comparison.
• When it draws attention to a person’s weakness, disabilities, or shortcomings.
• When it is inappropriate and off-color.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact