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Conversation Etiquette: “Thank you” & “You are welcome”
Thank you. As a parent, I cannot tell you how many times I have “reminded” my people to say, “Thank you”. Since they could speak it has been a mantra in my parenting. “Did you say Thank you?”, is often the first thing I will say when they return to my care after being at a friend’s house. Lately…
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The Gift Recap
Links to gifts I gave this holiday that my family has actually used.
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The Lady and her Gloves, and other musings of attire.
I can share that the symbol of a young lady wearing white gloves often brings forth strong feelings and interesting questions… My advice is to purchase a full-length mirror… Instead of allowing the interaction to be a power struggle, consider listening and looking at what they are trying to communicate with you as a whole picture….
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Introductions and Updates
Teaching, public speaking, raising awareness, making another person’s life better, this is why I am in the world. A moment when I can make eye contact, and listen to what another person has to say, and hear the intention, not just the words, that is my passion. What I do is to work with people so they…
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The Gentleman and His Jacket, A Primer from The Hopeful Hostess Perspective
Tiny details: Gentleman if you are reading this, please hear me… snip the small threads that hold your pleats together
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The Etiquette of Losing your Job
I am part of a group of people that know the gut feeling when you are called into a meeting unexpectedly. The phrase, “We are going to talk in my office”, then seeing the human resources representative walk in, you know there is something coming. To be fair, I have also been the person on the other…
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Let the thing go
I chose the step back. It is not that my feelings for the team have changed, they have not. It is not that a great catalyst ignited a fire that I needed to extinguish. Not at all. I found my self holding my breath at meetings and fighting back things I wanted to say, because
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Celebrate your Birthday
It is OK to tell your friends and family that you have a birthday. You are human after all. I believe that your people want to celebrate you. It could be said, that people feel slighted if you have a birthday, and they do not have the choice
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Keep your Eyes in the direction of your Feet
The past two years have been a journey. Life has shifted in every area. Reflecting on the ways I move about the world has brought me back to a simple statement I have used with my children since they were two years old. “Keep your Eyes in the direction of your Feet.”
The Hopeful Hostess 