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The Surprising Effects of Saying the Right Words Out Loud

November 16, 2022 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

A lot of people seem depressed to me. It's particularly disheartening when their rage against the machine casts a pall over the smiles and chat that they’re aiming in my direction. We all process life’s traumas differently of course, but many of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Introducing Yourself & Your Work Tagged With: improving heart rate variability, improving self efficacy, personal trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Shakespeare monologues, Stephan Wolfert, The Body Keeps the Score, The Evil Hours, therapeutic performance

The Sparks That Fly When Work Becomes Play

October 19, 2022 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

I’m probably more driven than you imagine. Which is why it was so healthy for me to get down on the floor the other day and get lost in some play with a simpler version of myself. I use cut outs with different colors and patterns to make larger … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Continuous Learning, Using Humor Effectively Tagged With: @theDogist, dog nose, Lynda Barry, playful work, social media and streaming as timed dessert, stop looking at your phone

With Upward Mobility Frustrated at Every Turn, Let’s Revitalize the American Dream

October 6, 2022 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

As I write this, tens of thousands of people are waiting in line in London “to pay their respects” to the Queen. This is no casual choice, since the viewing-line stretches for miles and it could take you a day to reach your goal, which is a walking … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself Tagged With: American dream, Angus Deaton and Anne Case, deaths of despair, Edmund Phelps, great resignation, mass flourishing, mortality rates, Oren Cass, projection of our hopes, reflected glory, upward mobility

Too Many Whose Jobs Aim To Hold Us Together Are Getting Burned Out

August 19, 2022 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

While the institutions that serve our most important commitments generally receive our support (or at least our tax dollars), we’re not sustaining the flesh and blood workers who toil within them, too often treating them like disposable assets that … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Building Your Values into Your Work Tagged With: abandonment as moral injury, bringing communities together, divided churches, moral injury, pastors, post traumatic stress, religious leaders in America, vacancies in community building roles

Turning on the Rescuers

July 25, 2022 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Just as I was starting to settle into a new year, I was seized by this story on the radio. It was about a kind of pattern:  how people who dive into natural disaster recovery--helping to produce miracles while doing so, and being initially heralded … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Building Your Values into Your Work, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: a community's short memory, bystanders, community coming together before falling apart, community leadership, disaster leadership, disaster recovery, heroes to villians, Joplin Missouri hurricane 2011, rescuers, when enough good men and women do nothing

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