"Sometimes success is going to the gym because you told yourself you would. Sometimes success is being kind even when someone doesn’t deserve it. Sometimes success is forgiving yourself for your mistakes. ... "
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@DarylLovell Yes!
In Ethics class at Newhouse I called it learning to “hit the pause button.” In crisis communications, I call it “Taking the critical ten.”
Professor Candice Haste-Jackson talks about the “art of the pause” as one tool to implement when addressing challenging, polarizing conversations in the classroom.
"You can buy people’s skills but not their hearts.
You can buy people’s time but not their loyalty."
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This is so tragic. I communicated with Richard several times and come to rely on his down-to-earth, solid insight, analysis and advice. He was an incredible man.
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@AdamKinzinger thanks for your years of service, your sense of duty to our democracy during a scary time, the importance you place on civility, law and order. As a Democrat, our positions on some policy may differ, but I would vote for you in a heart beat.
Good ethical decisions need a rationale formula, just to check out guys. The five common causes of bad decisions from @FarnamStreet's weekly newsletter:
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Wouldn’t it be great for America if a block of Republicans and Democrats work together to pick a Speaker to run a coalition-style government? A coalition allows the House to create policy from the middle out rather than the extremes in.
It’s inspiring to witness otherwise fierce competitors rally together around the care for an ill athlete… yet our government representatives can’t rally together around even the basics of governing. I’m not much of a football fan, but have a ton more respect for the athletes.