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Social Work: Flavored Assortment Catch-up

by Megan M. on August 14, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

This is just a smattering of Social Work prn posts that have gone up in the last month or so. Enjoy. ;}

Social Work and the Power of Belief
My usual routine, most Tuesdays and Thursdays, is to wake up at 5:30. I stumble through finding clothes and brushing my teeth, grab some small breakfast, take my [...]

Tagged as: Bob Poole, CrossFit, Eckhart Tolle, ideas, meganpreneurship, motivation, positivity, social change, social work, Social Work prn

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Poo and Persimmons, Part Two

by Megan M. on March 6, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

At the same time…

You have a personal responsibility—to yourself, as a human being—to be a positive customer. I do, too. Especially considering the state of business in this day and age, you are going to encounter businesses that treat you unfairly, or make glaring mistakes, or leave you feeling mistreated, feeling that your money was [...]

Tagged as: customer service, good behavior, meganpreneur, perception, positivity, second chance

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The Anti-Value of Complaints and Criticism

by Megan M. on February 24, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

This week began the first principle in Dale Carnegie’s book for a small group of Alt MBA students who expressed interest in taking How to Win Friends and Influence People in measured steps. Until Sunday night (and hopefully much longer!), we’ve resolved not to criticize, condemn, or complain.

I have a teeny case of the high [...]

Tagged as: books, complaining, criticism, Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, negativity, positivity

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Making Grateful

by Megan M. on January 26, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

There is no feeling quite like gratitude.

If you’re feeling bad, or tired, or negative, or angry, or scared, or worn down, or doomed, or deadened, the salve you’re searching for is gratitude. Hell! If you’re feeling great and want to do something neat, want to funnel your energy in an excellently positive direction, gratitude’s your [...]

Tagged as: cake, emotion, feeling, gratitude, positivity, purpose, sweat lodge

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Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes

by Megan M. on January 16, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) |

[Note: Oddly enough, I had this all written up and ready to post sometime in the next few days before I even realized that Martin Luther King Day was coming up. Serendipity much?]

As I already mentioned, I’ve been reading Made to Stick—off and on, sometimes the hard copy but mostly listening to the audiobook in [...]

Tagged as: Jane Elliott, Made to Stick, Martin Luther King Jr., positivity

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Youngstown Revolution

by Megan M. on July 31, 2007 · View Comments (Blog) |

This is difficult to write.

I started writing this Friday, and Iâ€™ve been working on it for days. This is really a dramatic change, if not a sudden one. It feels like an about-face, and itâ€™s a little embarrassing. Iâ€™ve been thinking on it for a long time. Iâ€™m absolutely sure about it [...]

Tagged as: Blog, city-building, hometown, meganculture, positivity, revolutionaries, worldhacking, youngstown

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Positivity and The Usual Error

by Megan M. on June 14, 2007 (Blog) |

Ladies and gentlemen, butches and femmes, delicious blog-reading visitors of all shapes, sizes, origins and orientations: We have come full-circle.

Positivity was the first Usual Error workshop I posted publicly about, and today it is the most recent workshop I have attended—twice!! I have gone through two cycles of Usual Error presentations, give or [...]

Tagged as: Blog, communication, positivity, usual error, workshops

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Poo and Persimmons, Part Two

The Anti-Value of Complaints and Criticism

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Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes

Youngstown Revolution

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