Encouragement means to simply give someone courage. Consider just how powerful it could be to GiVE someone courage: GiVES positive energy - Encouragement literally means to give people courage.  So, encouragement is like giving someone a mental and emotional boost of energy which lifts them up and propels them into action. GiVES people hope – when people are

Value is how much something is worth, or how important something is.   Do you have value?  Think about what you do well.  What are your strengths?  What do you believe in, and beyond that, what do you stand for? This is yet another way each of us can GiVE Kindness to others in order to form and

To improve is to simply become better.  The idea that we become better today than we were yesterday. Four ways we can all commit to improving ourselves, so that we can GiVE our best to others: Our attitudeOur physical and mental healthOur knowledgeOur skills In order to GiVE kindness to others, it’s important to GiVE kindness to ourselves.

Gratitude rhymes with “attitude”, and it means to have a thankful and pleasing feeling about what you’ve received from someone else.  When we feel gratitude, we’re “pleased” with what someone else did for us or how they treated us.   The magic of letting yourself feel gratitude is that you’re simply so thankful and appreciative of someone

Consider what kindness really means to you. Kindness means being friendly, generous, and considerate of other people.   Generosity is just another way of saying GiVING to other people.    Kindness is simply giving other people our time, a little bit of our talent, or “that thing” we do better than others, or our heart.  Kindness comes from a place

Genuineness Impact Validate ENGAGE Being engaged means: Involved in activity with others.To be interested in others.Committed to others. Questions then, for all of us are “How can we engage?”  and “Why does engagement even matter?” The answers are simple on the surface but make a significant and lasting impact on the people with whom we engage. Consider the impact the following experiences have

Genuineness Impact VALIDATE E To validate means to prove or confirm something or someone is correct or truthful. Though we may come from different places with different upbringings, varying views, and diverse perspectives, one thing we all have in common is, that we’re all human beings. So, when someone validates our skills, talents, or what they value in us, we’re lifted

Genuineness IMPACT  V ________ E ________ If we think about what the word impact really means, it’s simply the effect part of the cause and effect equation.   To make an impact is to have a strong effect on someone or something. Let’s focus on the people part; the impact people can have on other people.  That includes all of you, and

GENUINENESS  I __________ V _________ E _________ What does it mean to be genuine? To be genuine means to be true to yourself – who you are, on the inside and out.  Genuine people are said to be “real”; as if to say, they’re not fake.   Here’s why it’s important to be genuine and true to yourself: The problem with “faking it

Throughout this month, we’ll send you some thoughts, conversation starters, and activities you can do with your children, students, your teams, or even your families at home around four ways we can all GiVE Compassion to others. What does the word compassion mean to you? I’m sure you have someone in your life, an experience from your