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When I learn something from someone that touches my life, I just want to share it with the world. In 1986 I began my journey with Dr. William Glasser's ideas. I have never looked back and have pondered with other collegues many times, how is it that we are still passionate about these ideas after over 30 years? He gave us a gift that forever changed our lives. I think it is deeply personal for most people. Not only did he give us a new psychology for personal freedom but he also gave us a communication process that comes with…

  Have you ever noticed that when you are upset about something that 9 times out of 10 it is because there is a relationship that is not the way we want it to be! Often we make the mistake of wanting the other person to change when in reality it is up to us to create the changes we want. When we are upset with another person do we focus on the other person and what they did to us? Do you know that when you do that you are giving power over you to the other person? What…

There is a lot of talk about managing and leading, which is why Dr. Glasser coined the term Lead Manager. A lead- manager is someone who understands the importance of relationships in working with people. A lead manager knows that it is just as important to meet our basic needs in the workplace as it is in our home and day to day life.   What happens a lot of the time is that we take a person who is great at their job and place them in a management position.  Do a certain task in our job is way…

      I was sitting her pondering the Holiday Season and how everything seems up in the air as far as being able to make any definite plans.  But what has changed really? This is our third Christmas Season during the Pandemic. One would think that we would be getting used to this  but not so! To me it demonstrates just how hard it is to make a change. We have been told that this may be our new normal. Well, this is not fun at all. When we look at our Basic Needs of Survival, Love and Belonging,…