THE DAILY SPARK

A PLACE TO BEGIN

Before you speak, ask yourself: 

Is it true?

Is it kind? 

Is it necessary? 

Is it helpful?

If you don’t get a yes to each of these questions, maybe it it better left unsaid.

Quote adapted from Socrates

REFLECTION:

  • Enough said… Use today to check in with yourself… ask these questions before engaging with another (especially if the relationship is a challenging one).

PROVEN RIGHT…PROVEN WRONG

If you need to be proven right, learning is a challenge.  If you’re eager to be proven wrong, learning is delightful.

Seth Godin’s Blog

REFLECTION:

  • Are you eager to be proven wrong or do you need to be right?
  • Most people want to be right… “proven wrong” is a real mind shift. 
  • What if you could embrace being proven wrong…  experience delight in learning. 
  • I wonder…

BEING KIND

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Quote by Robert Brault

REFLECTION:

  • Do you speak the “truth” because you believe it is true regardless of the impact those words may have on another?
  • Do you “know for sure” your truth is THE truth? What if there is another perspective?
  • Would you be willing to find a kinder way to speak your ‘truth’?
  • Are you willing to bend the truth and be kind?
  • Think about it!