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Your Pictures Help Tell Your Story

June 30, 2012 By David Griesing 2 Comments

I'm moving from my ungainly house of 25 years to a flat in the sky. It's a misty time, leaving the ground. Among other things, I'm saying goodbye to lots of flowers outside, and to many sweaty hours helping them grow. The arc of this gorgeous … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Introducing Yourself & Your Work Tagged With: facebook, Instagram, play of light, point of view, screentests, selling a home

On Having Courage and Dignity Under Fire

June 22, 2012 By David Griesing 1 Comment

You pursue work that matters because you want to leave the world a better place than you found it. By doing so however, you inevitably run afoul of those who want to keep everything more or less like it is. Attracting controversy also pushes … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: alive, better world, capable, clarity, controversy at work, empowered, grounded, inspiration, potent, productive, purpose- driven work and life, role model, social ethics, visualize, vocation

What Work Is

June 5, 2012 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

I’m not afraid of poetry, but I don’t read it as often as I should. Somebody mentioned What Work Is, a poemby Philip Levine on the radio today. I read it, then heard him read it, then wanted to share it with you for what it has to say about the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Proud of Your Work, Daily Preparation Tagged With: Great Depression, Great Recession, job change, job loss, Philip Levine

Different Marching Orders for Work That Makes a Difference

May 23, 2012 By David Griesing 2 Comments

What we value is as different as we are. Our basic goals and commitments—indeed the fundamental ways in which we view the world—are as different as our individual life experiences. So it should come as no surprise that in seeking work that has … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work Tagged With: Barack Obama, conscience-in-action, Mitt Romney, purpose- driven work and life, self-definition, value-centered, vocation

Just Plain Funny #1

May 15, 2012 By David Griesing 1 Comment

This is the first in an occasional series of stories that bring a smile to my face (even in the re-telling), and may do the same for you. As many of you already know, I’m in the throws of my daughter’s-graduation-from-college-week in New York … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Using Humor Effectively Tagged With: Barack Obama, humor, leadership, women leaders

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