From the category archives:

Politics

Get People Involved Before Making A Decision That Impacts Their Lives

July 12, 2010

I’m an advocate for involvement and engagement before decisions get made. I think that’s how it ought to be in organizations and businesses. People don’t want to hear about the new deal after the fact. They want to hear about it while it is still being thought about. That gives them a chance to talk about it, think about it, and have some say in it. Even if they don’t like the way it turns out, they get their say.

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Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2010

Happy Independence Day from Dr. Rick Kirschner and the crew at The Art of Change Skills for Life. “I know that the human condition can appear increasingly bleak – yet there is a light that shines brightly into the darkness of the world, and it’s name is freedom.”

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Political Definition or Redefinition? Which do you choose? Today’s Word – CONSERVATIVE

June 28, 2010

As politicians and pundits redefine words to suit their polarizing purposes, bestselling speaker, educator, self-help and business author Dr. Rick Kirschner weighs in with a few choice words of his own.

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Political Definition or Redefinition? Which do you choose? Today’s Word – LIBERAL

June 21, 2010

As politicians and pundits redefine words to suit their polarizing purposes, bestselling speaker, educator, self-help and business author Dr. Rick Kirschner weighs in with a few choice words of his own.

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Mixed Messages Cause Damage, Create Sense of Helplessness Too!

June 14, 2010

No matter how they’re transmitted, mixed messages have consequences. Mixed messages are confusing, and when people are confused and things don’t get better, they tend to become cynical, polarized and angry, or they collapse into a state of silence and helplessness.

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Mixed Messages Create Cynicism

June 7, 2010

Today I’m writing to expose the simple fact that mixed messages give birth to cynicism, then nurture that cynicism to keep it alive. And we, as a society, are awash in mixed messages. Here are just a few examples of the kind of mixed messages we deal with in our personal, professional, social and cultural life.

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Them and Us, War and Peace, Now or Never

April 5, 2010

One of my personal heroes, Bucky Fuller, spoke of humanity eventually arriving at the end of the womb of acceptable ignorance, a time when we would be faced with a stark choice. Continue backing into the future by fighting or fleeing from what we don’t want, or turning to face it squarely, realize we will live in the tomorrow we create today, and get busy creating a tomorrow we want to live in.

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Us and Them Is Us On A Bell Curve

March 29, 2010

When things change for the better, it’s always about ‘enough’ of us, not all of us. Which is why building connections, networks, and alliances of resources and help is how we increase the speed of change.

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