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How One Woman’s Internal Peace Saved Her Life and Hundreds of Others
August 20, 2013. Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy Elementary School. Antoinette Tuff was starting another typical workday when a gunman entered the building and said: “We are all going to die today.” In that moment, Antoinette had a choice: React with panic or stay grounded in peace. She chose peace, and because of that…
Why Your Team’s Best Ideas Never Surface During Crisis (And the Brain Science That Changes Everything)
The next time you are faced with a looming deadline or project setback, try one of these counterintuitive strategies to enhance team problem-solving.
The Art of Gaining Perspective in Leadership and Seeing the Bigger Picture
Many years ago, I read a story written by an unknown author about two men who shared a hospital room. Both men were confined to their beds. Every day, the man whose bed was next to the window described to his roommate what he saw as he looked out the window. He told him about…
Toxic workplace? How One Woman Chose to Stay & Grow
“When I was growing up, I learned to be cautious of what I said because it could set my dad off in an angry outburst at any minute. Just like in my family when I didn’t want to rock the boat with my dad, the same thing is happening at work with my boss.” A…
The Choice To Choose
“In between stimulus and response there is a space, in that space lies our power to choose our response, in our response lies our freedom and our growth” ~ Victor Frankl The above quote is the basis of why I selected “A Conscious Choice” as the name of my business. I firmly believe we each…