Category: Life Tips

Day 1. Who would have guessed that getting to Haiti could be so difficult? And not because of difficult roads, or Haitian customs but the airline companies. At least we made it, and the drive in Haiti made it all worth the hassle.

We’ll it’s been a long time since I posted and part of the reason was our families vacation in Haiti. What I’d like to do for the next series is post a summary of our days activities to give you a glimpse of what we saw. This post will be a summary of why we choose to take our family, kids and all, to the poorest country in the western hemisphere.

I used to think I handled negative feedback pretty well. And I use the term negative feedback pretty loosely. Most of my experience receiving negative feedback has demonstrated that it is really poorly delivered, both in timing and content, which probably makes it closer to criticism or even an insult than to negative feedback. I think this little process is a great way to take advantage of negative feedback, no matter how delivered, and turn it into an actionable task that builds your rapport.

So I’ve now been getting up at 5:30 every day, weekends included, for four weeks. And I love it!

Now there have been some setbacks. I still rely on the trusty alarm clock 30-40% of the time so I cannot claim …

This is just a quick update to the givers dilema post that includes a Powerpoint and PDF version for your use.

The Givers Dilema (PPT)
The Givers Dilema (PDF)