You can be manipulated by:
- A boss, co-worker or an employee
- A family member or a friend
- An elected official or a dictator
- A religious authority
- The media or Hollywood
Are you being Manipulated? Unintentionally, Intentionally or Strategically?
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Tag Archives: freedom
How to Choose Your Response to Situations Beyond Your Control
Increasing understanding, critical thinking, compassion and collaboration
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Viktor Frankl survived a concentration camp and said this…
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
Post Charlottesville conflict continues to fill the airwaves and cyberspace, encouraging chaos and division.
…So how have you been responding? Are you:
- Denying that this conflict is impacting real lives, workplaces and communities?
- Pushing your perspective on others?
- Sitting in silence and worrying about it?
- Studying the issues, and then carrying your candle into the darkness, determined to be a part of the solution?
IF YOU SEEK TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION:
The process below will help you fully leverage your freedom, while strategically using both your mind and your heart.
Replace The Dreaded Debate with the Adventure of a “Conversation Safari”
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Last fall we took an African Safari. Prior to leaving, several friends, raved about their safari experiences, claiming that it was their most epic vacation, and numero uno on a list of several destinations.
When I asked why… One friend said it was because of the animals.
Interesting. I LOVE animals, but I’ve been to the zoo and and wildlife parks. How could simply being in Africa create an epic vacation?
Are You FULLY Leveraging Your Freedom To Dialogue?
Problem Solving Starts Here!
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As many of you know, I’m living in a part of the world where many freedoms that I once took for granted – don’t exist. -Now don’t get me wrong I agreed to move here, to seek first to understand and to learn. So I’m not complaining. …But I absolutely must share what I’m learning.
Have you ever considered that…
- In countries where sharing research and opinions puts liberty and lives at risk – citizens are being taught that it is safer not to think
- In countries that allow freedom of speech, traditional journalists have done so much of the work for citizens – that we’ve allowed ourselves to become lazy thinkers
- Dialogue is a way for us to seek truth, gain new perspectives, build relationships, and solve problems
- Dialogue is also a freedom that many take for granted
If you got to hire your next CEO…
What qualities would you insist on?
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The pending election in my home country is stirring up a lot of drama, a steady stream of propaganda, bullying, manipulation and lies.
A few weeks ago a friend of mine shared this thought, “Look at your right to vote as a golden opportunity to help hire the right person…” LPS
He’s got a point. Our election is not a political issue. It is a leadership issue. …And we get to make the hiring decision!
The person we “hire” will impact our workplaces, our families, our healthcare, our education, our security, how we practice our faith, how we treat each other, how well we relate to and serve other nations, and our future.
Their character matters! The culture of our nation will be shaped by the worst behavior we are willing to tolerate from the person we grant this title to.