YOU ARE THE DECISIVE ELEMENT
Great minds have been part of the human race since the beginning of time. Advancing technology will change how we plan and work—but what goes on within and between people is much the same as it was during the time of Moses. The following piece of wisdom is from the 17th century. If you choose to lead at home, out in the community, or at work…read and heed.
LSI Publisher Art McNeil
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or deescalated, and a person is humanized or dehumanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe