Tag Archives: gratitude
It’s normal to be annoyed when you’re solicited at home by an organization you don’t know or don’t care about. But being mishandled by an organization you support can be irritating too! A fundraising call I got at home from a paid rep a few weeks ago reminded me, painfully, just how crucial it is [...]
It’s so much easier to critique what you can see than it is to conceptualize something that doesn’t exist yet. Our ideas of the future are often vague, as if we’re trying to throw together a complex clay sculpture without an armature. Michelangelo said, “Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it [...]
January 1, 2013 – 10:03 am
Numerous studies — and most people’s personal experiences — show that New Year’s resolutions generally don’t pan out, that they’re usually broken within a few weeks and forgotten by March. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t change, or that you shouldn’t attempt real, heartfelt self-improvement now — or anytime at all. Each day you [...]
Also tagged behavior, behavior change, change, commitment, goals, good behavior, motivation, New Year, self-development, self-improvement, self-management, staying on track
November 20, 2012 – 10:08 am
How should we celebrate Thanksgiving this year when so many people are still battling the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy? When some won’t be back in their own homes in time for the holiday and others have no possibility of ever again eating turkey in the homes they’ve known? When the Middle East may spin apart [...]
November 6, 2012 – 10:03 am
The idea that “the world is your oyster” is originally from Shakespeare. It suggests that the world is the equivalent of a closed shell, and that it is ours to enjoy and profit from, in the old sense of gaining or benefiting or being rewarded — because when we look within we find a treasure, [...]
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Liz Alt Kislik is President of Liz Kislik Associates LLC. Liz brings more than two decades of customer-focused management experience to businesses of all sizes and segments. She helps managers address complex organizational problems, particularly in the areas of customer care and employee performance.
