I think it was JFK who said that he was willing to forgive but never forgot a face. Forgiving is generous and helpful to all parties. Forgetting means that you don’t learn from the occasion.
If you feel wronged or hurt or disappointed by someone’s actions in the past, you carry this with you and it [...]
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Forgive and forget?
December 14, 2009
A Team Christmas
December 1, 2009
If you are part of a team and rely on others at work, this is the time of the year to show your appreciation. We are all part of teams. We can do little without teams. In a work situation, we rely on others outside our own teams. My suggestion is that you do something [...]
Does your attitude hold you back?
November 24, 2009
Richard Branson is quoted as saying “I hire for attitude, train for skills”.
Have you ever been upset by the attitude of someone serving you? They do everything expertly but their attitude negates their good work. If you speak to them, they deny. It seems that attitude can operate unconsciously which means you may not be [...]
Unreliably happy?
October 20, 2009
Have you noticed how unreliable your memory is when it comes to remembering how happy you were or how happy you might be in the future. Do you think that something will make you happy but find afterward that it wasn’t as rewarding as you predicted? Another car, a larger TV, a new relationship.
Firstly, we [...]
A Time for Weing
July 23, 2009
Now is a great time for weing. We before Me.
People are fearful and shrinking at the moment. Organisations are maintaining rather than growing. Some are shedding staff, cutting costs postponing development opportunities for their staff.
The result of this is that more needs to be done with less. Fewer people, same number of customers and rising [...]
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