Craig’s Commentary – Perspectives to Change Your Mind

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To my friends and colleagues, I need your help.

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Do you know anyone who lost a job recently?

Do you know anyone who needs help leading their team through these troubled times?

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How Making Poor Choices Can Destroy Self-esteem

Have you ever made a choice that you regret?

Afterward, did you start questioning things about yourself – other than your decision making ability?

In this video, I discuss the potential to question more about yourself than you should be, based solely on having made some poor choices.

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Are you counting your blessings this Holiday Season?

Do you know what we are most thankful for?

In this video, hear my Holiday message at the end of a tough year.

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Make Common Sense A Common Practice

Have you ever ignored common sense because you felt that you “knew better?”

Did you end up paying a price for that decision?

In Episode #1 of the “What I Learned Was” series I share a time when I thought I was bullet-proof, but wasn’t.

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Share The LOVE Sale Event

Heather and I truly appreciate the LOVE you show us by subscribing to our newsletter and YouTube channel and leaving comments, likes, and shares.

To show our appreciation, we’re offering you a 20% discount on our most popular online course – Performance Enhancing Feedback.

This course teaches leaders how to deliver and receive performance feedback.

The discount extends through the end of February 2020.

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We’re back

After a crazy, longer than expected break from posting content, we’re ready to start posting again.

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You’ll also notice a change in the newsletter format – with a greater emphasis on video content and less on the written portion.

This change will allow us to post more content – in the format you told us you prefer.

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It’s good to be back, and thanks for your patience!

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What Are YOU Thankful For?

Thanksgiving is a day for family get-togethers, pumpkin and sweet potato pie, turkey and ham with all the fixin’s, and thoughts and prayers of thanks for our bounty.

As our business turns to an online presence, Heather and I want to thank you for your continued support. We consider it an honor that you take the time to:

read our newsletters
watch our videos on YouTube
send us your comments and thoughts
sign up for classes

When I began teaching 39 years ago, I was a very different person. I knew much less, though I wouldn’t have admitted it then. Throughout the years, the greatest gifts I’ve received are the lessons I learned from my students.

The lessons come from those who:

confidently disagree with me
share their knowledge with me
are gracious enough to leave comments

I appreciate your gifts more than you know.

Who gave you a gift? What are YOU thankful for?

To acknowledge those who made a difference in your life, consider thanking someone who:

supported you
helped you in your career
taught you a valuable lesson
made you laugh when you needed it
encouraged you to believe in yourself

Find a specific reason to thank them, and realize that when you thank them for making a difference in your life, you make a difference in their life.

Giving Is The Only Reaching That Can Touch!

Travel safely, thaw the turkey before you deep fry it, go easy on the pies, and don’t snore too loudly because others want to watch the football games in peace!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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It’s Time To Celebrate And Only You Know Why

You’ve had your head down for a long, long time now. Isn’t it time to pick up your head, remove your nose from the grindstone and relax a bit while you take a 50,000-foot view of your successes?

You bet it is! You have reason to celebrate, but you haven’t… yet, and you need to. If not now, when?

What are you celebrating? That’s for you to determine, but there is something.

If you don’t yet know what it is, keep reading, and by the end of this letter, you will know. The more difficult it is to identify a reason to celebrate, the more you need to stop and celebrate.

Celebrating now will be difficult for several reasons:

your head has been down for so long it will be uncomfortable in any other position
an urgency to do more will make it feel like wasted time
deadlines of all types, like little haunting voices, will tell you not to stop – not even for a moment
any celebration will feel premature and uncomfortable

But the break and rest are necessary and serve many functions. They fuel your:

body with the energy needed to continue, when the time is right

mind with thoughts of accomplishment

heart with the courage to fight harder

spirit with the hope and expectation of the wonderful results just over the next hill and around the next corner

Why You Should Talk To People You Disagree With

I have always believed that talking to people I disagree with has tremendous value, as does reading and watching content that promotes a viewpoint contrary to mine. I must admit, it’s not always easy, but I’m definitely wiser in the end.

I’m pretty sure that perspective is not shared by all – especially lately. The divide between people with opposing views appears to be getting larger, to the point where I’m questioning whether the statement ‘agree to disagree and respectfully coexist’ still applies.

I think the ‘it’s not easy’ part is helping to divide us when the ‘I’m wiser in the end’ part ought to be uniting us. What’s likely causing this divide?

News and talk shows promote more biased and skewed views of the facts, causing people to completely avoid some shows and gravitate to those they agree with.

Individuals spend more time in social media engineered echo chambers – having their viewpoints validated by like-minded individuals.

Businesses encourage employees not to discuss controversial subjects while at work.

Many companies foster unspoken mandates such as ‘we must all agree for the good of the team’ and ‘don’t say anything that might be upsetting to another.’

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