• The Power of Being Grateful

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    The power of being Grateful We are all told to be grateful for what you have, even things you may not like. Eat your vegetables, there are starving kids that would love to have your (insert the vegetable you could not stomach here). We are told to be grateful for everything because it is there for a reason, good or bad. We are even told what to be grateful for by anyone and everyone. Giving every reason from master plans to “it could be worse”. Right now you may be re-reading the title of this post trying to understand if…

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  • The Picture of vs the Modeling of Values

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    Have you ever seen someone and said to yourself “Wow they are the picture of X”? Now that X might be physical fitness, or it might be calm or it might be geekiness or one of a million other attributes. Think about one of your core values, what would it look like for someone to be a picture of that core value? They would have the essence and hold themselves in a way that you could instantly tell they held that value dearly. And while that attribute is admirable and essential it’s not exactly the same as modeling the value.…

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