by Star Dargin | Dec 16, 2021 | Business, Communication, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership, Links
Does your organization need help in proactively being MORE grateful? If they read it in the Harvard Business Review does that make it more credible? If you said YES to both questions above, this may help: Use Gratitude to Counter Stress and Uncertainty Building a...
by Star Dargin | Nov 29, 2021 | Gratitude, Personal
What a joy it was not zooming on Thanksgiving. Despite Thanksgiving being all about gratitude, it can be fraught with challenges. Here’s my Thanksgiving lessons. Active toddlers prevent those nasty family squabbles that fester for years. Import babies or toddlers if...
by Star Dargin | Jul 18, 2021 | Business, Communication, Gratitude, Teams
How are you challenged to stay grateful? Do you know ‘gratitude challenged’ people? They may believe showing gratitude is a sign of weakness. I had a hard time understanding that particular gratitude challenge until I personally witnessed it. In general,...
by Star Dargin | May 7, 2021 | Business, Communication, Difficult, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership
You may think it’s simple, just be grateful. But, there are many challenges in consistently using an approach of gratitude. Some of these challenges might surprise you, as they did me. Because of these challenges, telling someone to be grateful, generally, does...
by Star Dargin | Apr 12, 2021 | Communication, Gratitude, Leadership, Teams
“Eat your vegetables”, parents perpetually nag their kids. “Why?”, ask the rebellious future CEOs. “Because they are good for you”, snaps the parent. “How are they good for me?” ask the curious innovators. When I was growing up, my exasperated my mom would shake her...
by Star Dargin | Mar 13, 2021 | Business, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership, Teams, Tool
Thank you is not always gratitude. There are many types of “thank you.” It’s similar to, “Bless your heart”, as reported by this social media comment, “Southerners are really practiced at the million ways to mean FU while saying something that sounds a lot nicer....