Category Archives: Getting Along with Each Other

Dancing Under the Stars

Posted on November 12, 2018 by admin

This past Saturday, I drove to Gainesville, Florida for a night of dancing under the stars. The people in the Gainesville swing dance scene put on this magical event once a year and this was my first time going, but … Continue reading →

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How to Say No

Posted on November 9, 2018 by admin

Do you have trouble saying no? Do you regularly say yes because you feel like you’ll be letting somebody down if you say no and that they won’t like you for it? I know what that feels like because I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged habits, How to Say No, influence, manipulation, persistence, persuasion, Pre-Suasion, Robert Cialdini, saying no | Comments Off

Unity

Posted on November 8, 2018 by admin

I’ve seen a lot of divisive stuff online lately. I’m not going to say what it is but I think you know to what I’m referring. For this blog post, I’m going to focus on things that unite us and … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement | Tagged arguments, civility, conversations, debates, discussions, division, ego, Presence, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power of Now, The Righteous Mind, unity | Comments Off

Holding Space

Posted on November 7, 2018 by admin

For most of my life, I’ve habitually agreed with other people even if I didn’t actually hold their perspective. I tended to do this especially when they were being negative, probably because I didn’t want to become a target for … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged agreement, confidence, Holding Space, Life Hacks, negativity, positivity, relaxation, The Power of Now | Comments Off

A Different Kind of Saturday

Posted on November 5, 2018 by admin

This past Saturday was one of the busiest for me in a long time. I spent time with a lot of friends doing several events in two different cities. I’ll share the highlights of those events with you in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Swing Dancing | Tagged A Different Kind of Saturday, art, blues, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, escape room, Escape U, Florida, friends, friendship, fun, gardens, ghosts, Jacksonville, music, Porchfest, Save the Fleet, St. Augustine, swing dancing, The Press | Comments Off

Points About Leadership from Think and Grow Rich

Posted on November 3, 2018 by admin

Napoleon Hill includes a segment in Think and Grow Rich called “The Major Attributes of Leadership”. I found those points to be consistent with my ideas about leadership as well as examples of what I consider to be good leadership, … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books | Tagged "The Major Attributes of Leadership", leadership, Napoleon Hill, Points About Leadership from Think and Grow Rich, Think and Grow Rich | Comments Off

Review of The 5 Love Languages

Posted on November 1, 2018 by admin

The 5 Love Languages is a great little book by Gary Chapman. Chapman goes into a lot of detail about various aspects of relationships, with a special focus on communication and “love languages”. According to Chapman, a love language is … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement | Tagged acts of service, communication, Gary Chapman, love, love language, physical touch, quality time, receiving gifts, relationships, Review of The 5 Love Languages, The 5 Love Languages, words of affirmation | Comments Off

Mindset

Posted on October 31, 2018 by admin

I’ve learned a lot over the past year, especially in the area of self-improvement. If I could sum it all up in one simple phrase, it would be this: mindset is everything. There are a lot of different life hacks … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement | Tagged How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, mindset, negative, negative thinking, positive, positive thinking, The Four Agreements, The Magic of Thinking Big, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking, thinking | Comments Off

My Rules

Posted on October 29, 2018 by admin

There are several rules I do my best to follow. Some of them are in line with my concept of morality and others are simply useful in everyday life. I sometimes break them because I’m fallible, but I mostly abide … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement | Tagged dream big, dreams, Golden Rule, help, honesty, morality, My Rules, Practice, Presence, rules, self-improvement, Stephen Covey, take chances, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power of Now, thinking, thoughts, usefulness | Comments Off

Tribute to Mister Rogers

Posted on October 25, 2018 by admin

Have you ever heard of Fred Rogers? You probably have, although you might know him better by the title of “Mister Rogers”, which he used on the show he hosted for over thirty years. I look up to Mister Rogers … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People | Tagged Fred Rogers, friendship, humility, kindness, learning, lessons, love, Mister Rogers, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, neighbor, respect, role model, teaching, television, TV | Comments Off

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