RE: writer/researcher needs your help

["Simon O'Toole" <s.otoole@epa.ie>]

how do i get off this mailing list????

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Lawler [SMTP:lifepractices@lawler.org]
> Sent:	08 November 2002 15:35
> To:	concerns@voice.buz.org
> Subject:	writer/researcher needs your help
> 
> Dear Colleague,
> I am writing to ask your help for a book I am writing about Life
> Practices.
> I am looking for examples of those simple things that we all do that are
> essential to expressing and maintaining our values as we face life's ups
> and
> downs - our Life Practices. 
> What I am seeking is a bit like folklore. Something with a story and an
> easy
> to remember slogan or catchphrase.  I am asking you to contribute out of
> your own
> personal experience not as an official representative of an organization.
> So far I have gathered over 150 practices from people all over the world:
> These 
> examples of contributions I have received so far may help clarify what I
> am looking for:
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> --------------------------------------
> " 'Water what you want to grow' is my motto. Whenever I see something
> being
> done well I acknowledge it as soon as possible and in some tangible way.
> The
> least that I do is to complement the person doing the thing well. What I
> try
> to do more often is write a note to the person or give them a small gift."
> "My life changed when I went from seeing mistakes as awful to seeing them
> as the first chapter of a textbook on a new subject. I even had this made
> into a sign that hangs on the wall in my office. 'Mistakes are just
> chapter
> one in a textbook on a new subject' Now I get bothered if I don't have
> some
> sort of royal screw-up every few days. It's like I am not trying."
> "I learned from my grandfather to 'use the best materials you can afford.'
> This has provided a model for my life's work. Even in my late 70's I am
> still actively building things and more to the point of your book, I am
> still building my life out of "the best materials I can afford."
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> ------------
> These practices come from people from many places and with a wide
> variety of backgrounds. I am grateful for that. I want to show the
> broadest possible 
> view of Life Practices from around the globe.  And, at a time when there
> is so much 
> mistrust in the world, I hope my book does some small part in reminding us
> that we even though we have differences, we still have much to learn from
> one another. 
> The book will feature some of the material I gather with some commentary.
> I will be grateful if you would send me a practice that you use as a
> foundation in your life.
> Please include some brief biographical information as well. Also, if you
> would like to share in what I am learning, please let me know as well.
> And please let me know if you have any additional questions.
> Thank you for your consideration.
> Steve Lawler       
> swl@lawler.org
> About me: 
> Steve Lawler is an ethics consultant and writer based in St Louis,
> Missouri USA. 
> He regularly gives workshops on issues of ethics, values and culture. He
> has  
> been quoted in a number of related pieces in publications including the
> Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and Workforce.com.
> Lawler has worked with companies in the US and Europe - including
> Monsanto, Pulitzer Publishing, and the Danforth Foundation. He has been a
> lecturer at Washington University and at Webster University. He has
> written for numerous publications.   


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