What To Do When Promises Are Not Turning Out

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by Kris Kile   A major human paradigm is: When life doesn’t show up the way we prefer, we resist. Often this resistance takes the form of blame-blaming ourselves, someone else, or the situation.   And it can be fair to … Read More

Why What You Don’t Know That You Don’t Know Can Bite You

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by Kris Kile   In our last blog post we looked at how conscious assumptions can impact promises made and received. Today we look at the seemingly infinite realm of how UNCONSCIOUS ASSUMPTIONS can impact the promises we have with others.   … Read More

Perhaps You Know What Assuming Does? Taking a look.

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by Kris Kile   When it comes to promises and trust, it behooves us to consider the impact assumption has on both receiving promises and giving them.   Assumptions can fall into many various categories, but for our purposes today, … Read More

The Vital Connection Between Promise and Trust

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by Kris Kile   Your relationship with promise and your ability to create trust are inextricably linked.   They are linked two ways: Your ability to promise and keep promises directly impacts your ability to create and maintain trust in … Read More

Putting the Power Into Promise

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by Kris Kile   How do you turn a “normal” promise into a power packed statement for new possibility?   How do you generate a promise that is an efficient direct path towards effective action and results?   The keys … Read More

The Two Sides of Promise

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by Kris Kile One of the most powerful aspects of promise is rarely engaged in our culture. Consider Webster’s 1828 Dictionary definition of promise again…   A promise is a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, … Read More

The Crucible of Promise

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by Kris Kile   We tend to assess our ability to keep promises based on our good (conscious) intentions. Others assess our ability to keep our promises based on the reality of whether we keep them or not and the … Read More

What Is The Foundation of Effective Action?

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by Kris Kile   When it comes to creating effective action and results, engagement is important-very important. But it primarily speaks to way of being.   And any conversation for action that creates effective action and results is going to have … Read More

What is intentionality?

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by Kris Kile We are in a blog post series exploring Conversations For Action, creating effective action and results.  The context of the last two blog posts has been focused on engagement, as evidenced by the engagement level of workers in … Read More