Give2Attain

Raising social involvement, self awareness and self improvement topics, because our communities are the sum of our personal beliefs, behaviors, action or inaction. Only "we" can improve our family, work place, school, city, country, etc.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

G2A Vacation

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After the past 24 hours, I am going on vacation for at least a month. I'm not sure if raising questions and concerns is worth the accusa...
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Restatement of G2A Rules

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I deleted a posting and the associated comments for the first time this morning. I posted a concern/fear I had within the G2A rules, howeve...
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The Present

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One of my favorite books by a favorite author is "The Present" by Spencer Johnson. Here are the key points that he conveniently in...

Misc RAS Items and Thoughts

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RSI Admissions Task Force Seems like a good idea. It will be interesting what ideas they generate and how they are accepted/implemented. ARR...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Celebrating vs Pride

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I think I understand why PRIDE made it on the list of 7 Deadly Sins ... It makes people do and say really foolish things... It has been on...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Low EQ and So Many RAS Employees

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One reason I will not miss Mr Mack. He always seemed emotionally unaware. ( ie low emotional intelligence) This does not mean he isn...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

Community Solutions mtg 2

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Last Tuesday I sat in on the 2nd Listening Session . Again, it was a diverse group of citizens who: are seeking to support their schools, s...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Listening Levels

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Something to think about from Stephen Covey's "The 8th Habit". I was thinking of getting a tattoo: Seek to understand Seek to ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Links re Robbinsdale Schools

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Well I have a lot to say, however no time to work on it. So here are some interesting links for your perusal and comment. DJ's: To run o...
Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sensitivity and the Freeway

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Ironically, a friend was telling me an interesting analogy that I would like to share. Imagine that your business, life, community, etc is l...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Sensitivity 101 ?

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In a world where people are continually told that they need to be more polite or sensitive to the feelings of others, how do we get anything...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Wanted: RAS School Board Candidates

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RAS School Board Candidate Info Though I don't always agree with them, I certainly respect and appreciate their dedication. And now you...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Community Improvement Listening Session

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This group is holding its second meeting, hopefully you can find the time to attend. It is a very creative concept, and could use your supp...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Greed, Pride and Complacency

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Who killed General Motors and what can America learn from this? Since everyone else has an opinion on this... I figured I would weigh in. ...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

Facing Reality vs Honoring Promises

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First, thanks to Christine for sending me these links. To others, please send me informative/interesting links when you find them and I wil...
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John
I am married and we have 3 adult daughters. We live in Plymouth MN. My interests are learning, communicating, home improvement projects, motorcycling, boating, and other outside activities. Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day !!!
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