With LOVE and HOSPITALITY, We All Win
What does hospitality mean to you? Dictionary.com defines hospitality as, “The friendly reception and treatment of guests and strangers; the quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly, and generous way.” Hospitality is simply making sure people feel welcome, comfortable, and important. Typically, when we think of hospitality, we think of restaurants,
Positively Impacting Our Environment Can Be as Simple as …
Environment is nothing more than our surroundings; or the conditions in which we live, work, and play. It’s everything from the energy in the air, the vibe we feel, and what we see, hear, smell, and touch. Environment includes the people around us, at any given time. At any given moment, regardless of where we may find
Vulnerability is a Gateway to Kindness
Being vulnerable is when we open up to others about what makes us nervous, frustrated, sad, or maybe even what we’d like to improve about ourselves. Vulnerability is being able to accept that it’s okay to not be okay. It’s admitting that you have some things you’re working on or that you want to work on. It
GIVING Kindness to Yourself First to Positively Influence Others
Great leaders and the best teammates are often those with the most positive and productive mindsets. That all starts with how they intentionally take care of themselves. Four ways we can all commit to improving ourselves, so that we can GIVE our best to others: -Our attitude – staying positive, even when adversity sets in -Our physical and
GIVE Kindness with Genuineness
To be genuine means to be true to yourself – who you are, inside and out. Genuine people are said to be “real”; as if to say, they’re not fake. The problem with “faking it until we make it”, is that when we make it … WE’LL BE A FAKE! Putting kindness into action, with our genuineness. GIVE your
GIVE Encouragement by Educating Others
The VAK learning model divides people into three categories of learner: -Visual learners – absorb information by sight -Auditory learners – absorb information by sound -Kinesthetic learners – absorb information by moving People predominantly learn using one style – whether visual, auditory or kinesthetic. Though every learner often incorporates elements of the other two styles, they are likely to achieve
GIVING Encouragement by Being Vocal
Here are three ways being vocal can be so encouraging: 1 - Conversation - Sharing ideas with others sparks conversation, and conversation is the beginning of all positive change – for ourselves and for our communities. 2 - Collaboration – the more we speak up; the more ideas others may be inspired to share with us and
GIVE Encouragement with Your Positive IMPACT
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. Though we sometimes quicky forget, when we stop and reflect, we can see just how great it is when people purposefully make a positive
GIVE Encouragement by GIVING Your GIFTS
What do you think of when you hear the word, gifts? -Holiday time, family, friends, presents, joy, happiness Do you have gifts of your own, to give to other people? -For example, think about those things you do really well. -Think about your natural strengths. We all have gifts to GIVE! Sure, some of us are more naturally gifted than others,
GIVE Encouragement by Recognizing Others
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 some a mental and emotional boost of energy which lifts them up and propels them into action. GIVES people hope – when people are
