meaning

Filling in your own blanks

February 1, 2012 By admin

NASA Ames Research Center reported that 70% of all ASRS reports were because of communication errors, and expectation error was the highest single cause. Expectation error – the hearing or seeing what you have heard or seen in the past … Continue reading →

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Assumptions and interpretations

January 31, 2012 By shari2008

If you believe the research that your eyes sends bits and pieces of information about your environment to your brain and that this information what you believe is true based on your past emotional experiences. Are you seeing and interpreting … Continue reading →

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"I trust you" to do what?

December 2, 2011 By admin

How many times do you hear what you want to hear, or understand someone else’s words from your own perspective? In a leadership course I led, ‘trust’ was an interesting topic. That is one of this company’s core values, and … Continue reading →

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Surface Level or Deep Thinker?

August 2, 2011 By admin

Think of your staff … each one uses a different thought process when faced with a challenge. Some will look at the personal side and how it will affect the team, others look at the situation from a strictly-business perspective. … Continue reading →

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“With the Talent You’ve Got ….

July 8, 2011 By admin

…lessons would be a waste of money.” In an episode of F Troop, Sgt. O’Rourke said this to the bugler H. Dobbs. You would then think that Dobbs played the bugle beautifully, thus not needing lessons. In reality, Dobbs was … Continue reading →

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Are Interpretations Reality?

May 10, 2011 By admin

We seem to go in cycles of “You said ….” “No I didn’t, I said …” “No you didn’t …”, and we are in the midst of one of those cycles now. I am reminded of a trip to an … Continue reading →

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Is 'always' always and 'never' never?

April 26, 2011 By admin

Even when we think we know what we are saying, our words can still be ambiguous. For instance: When you yourself says the word ‘always’, what percentage of time does that event occur? Does ‘always’ occur 100% of the time? … Continue reading →

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If you can't read ….

May 14, 2010 By admin

Recently Stephen King said this: I don’t want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don’t, then you’ve … Continue reading →

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Running … or sliding through?

September 29, 2009 By admin

If I asked you if you have ever intentionally run a red light, what would your response be? How about if I asked if you have ever slid though a red light? Aren’t they the same thing? Don’t they both … Continue reading →

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Always … for quite some time

September 15, 2009 By admin

Watching the news last night, I heard a very interesting line from the newscaster: “…There has always been problems for quite some time now …” Huh? It isn’t what he said, it’s what he meant to say

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