Difficult Conversations or Constructive Criticism
Over the 31 years that I was either a supervisor or manager/administrator…one of the most challenging tasks that I faced was the difficult conversations that ensued regarding poor job performance.
You may think that leaders relish these necessary duties…but that has not been my experience.
I lost count, many years ago, of the supervisors and managers who came to me to discus the poor job performance of a member of their staff, yet when I read their annual evaluation of the person that they discussed with me…it was glowing.
A custodial crew supervisor told me that he hated supervising people…but that he needed the money.
On a regular basis, when I first became a foreman who’s job was to manage several custodial crew supervisors, a supervisor would tell me that they were going to terminate one of their student worker staff for poor job performance. My first question to the supervisor would be if they had throughly trained the poor performing student? Often the reply would be that they had not but that they had either, verbally told them what to do or asked one of their full time Building Service Workers to train them.
One of the foreman, who was a member of my immediate staff, told Mary Jane that at times she had experienced discussions with me and did not realize until she departed and thought about the exchange…’that she had just got her ass chewed.’
Now, that is plain talk and was not my purpose…but it was a discussion regarding a kernel of constructive criticism.
Each of us has feelings of self worth. We want to be of value to the organization and its mission. We hope that our supervisor understands our efforts.
It has always been my habit to, ‘sandwich’, my difficult conversations between two slices of sincere compliments.
Also, always, praise in public and constructive criticism…only in private.
If a member of your staff does something well…go up to the highest mountain and shout it until the echos reverberate!
When someone makes a mistake, and who among us has not, speak to them behind closed doors…and do not talk about what you said to anyone else.
When I sat before University Leaders and felt that, due to my position of advocacy, I was compelled to engage in difficult conversation…I did so with great humility and some trepidation.
The Chancellors and Presidents that I had the privilege of speaking with had all power…and I had no more than the power of persuasion.
When speaking with a leader…I first had at the forefront of my mind…all that I admired about them and their leadership…and I disclosed these, genuine, thoughts to them on a regular basis.
I then, had in mind the poor and humble and wonderful people that were counting on me to be their, honest, advocate…and to not hurt them or the leaders opinion of them…but to deliver their concerns to someone who had a compassionate heart.
I never made a person an offender for a word…lest in the ‘kingdom of the blind, the man with one eye is king.’
Empathy was always the most valuable emotion that I had…and I never seemed to run out of it.
I understand anger…because I have been angry.
I understand a misplaced word…because I have misplaced more than one.
I understand challenges…because I have been challenged.
I understand being hurt and afraid and being is sorrow and despair….because I have been there.
‘I really do not care how much you know…until I know how much you care…about me.’ Zig Ziglar
‘We are all in the same boat on a stormy sea…and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.’ G.K. Chesterton
A Lovely Oasis in Little Egypt
‘In geography, an oasis is an isolated area in a dessert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source, such as a pond or small lake. Oasis also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough.’ Wikipedia
I was talking with my long time friend, Elizabeth, yesterday. She and her husband, Ryan, are examples of the very best that Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has to offer. They, along with thousands of other staff and faculty are in love with their University and the benefits that it brings their lives.
The love of SIUC is not an academic enterprise for so many of us…it is a visceral and emotional and life altering oasis…where the water of education and life and opportunity was offered to us.
When I cam to SIUC, 40 years ago, I believed that my options had ran out…and I was only 20 years old. I had done a lot of living from 17 until 20…and it had been difficult.
In a biased area of the country…SIUC offered diversity.
In a farming and coal mining area of the country…SIUC offered academic and technical opportunity.
In an area of the country that was noted for it’s poor living conditions and minimum wage…SIUC offered advancement into the middle class…with health benefits.
My mother’s career aspirational goal for me was to become a barber.
My mother-in-law and father-in-law both worked careers in factories that paid little money.
People in Southern Illinois are pleased when they can pay their bills and have enough money left over for the Dairy Queen and a movie.
We do not love SIUC because it is a cute thing to do…or because it is politically correct….but because we were terribly thirsty and we found an abundance of water at the Oasis.
Did Russia Swing the Presidential Election to Trump?
‘Clapper says he has ‘no doubt’ that Russia swung the elections.’
‘Maddow told viewers clearly exactly what that meant.’
‘He served as director of national intelligence for a 6 1/2 years, including for the duration of the Russian attack on the 2016 election. He says that Donald Trump would not be president if not for the attack, Maddow said.’ Raw Story
In his new book, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence, James Clapper, the former Director of National Security, contends that, ‘Of course the Russian efforts affected the outcome. Surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win. To conclude otherwise stretched logic, common sense, and credulity to the breaking point. Less than eighty thousand votes in three key states swung the election. I have no doubt that more votes than that were influenced by this massive effort by the Russians.’ The Washington Post
President Trump, in an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent, Leslie Stahl, told her, when she inquired why he continued to belittle the press now that he had been elected President of the United States… he said that he was demeaning the press in order that negative stories about him would not be believed by the public.
And, now, the President has ordered the Justice Department to investigate the investigators that are investigating him. He has labeled the controversy that he has contrived, Spy Gate, and he states that ‘a lot of people are talking about it.’
This would be his modus operandi and has been so for many years. He discredits or ‘Brands’ his opponents and constructs fake smoke screens to obfuscate the truth of the facts of his actions and deeds.
The President repeatedly states that the news media is ‘fake news’…which is a clear sign that the word fake should be replaced by ‘real or true or news that is supported by the facts.’
If you care to examine old video and television interviews of Donald Trump you will see him use the same, catch phrase, that a lot of people or everyone is talking about an issue that he disagrees with and that he wants to be turned to go his way.
Upon examination…it is difficult to find the ‘a lot of people’ or ‘the everyone’ who is speaking in favor of Mr. Trump.
The wholesale sellout and idolatry of many in the religious right when it comes to the President…is mind numbing.
President Trump has said that he has never asked for forgiveness…as he try’s to be a good person.
He is open and on film saying the most vile misogynistic statements regarding women.
He has been accused of sexual assault by nearly 20 women and some cases are in the courts currently.
He admits to being behind the $130,000.00 hush money pay off to adult film star Stormy Daniels and used the alias of David Dennison on the written contract for silence.
Our President uses an alias on a contract to keep an adult film star silent regrading their affair!
I began my christian faith in the religious tradition of ‘holiness churches.’ These are churches that prescribe their lifestyle to a strict doctrine of a personal shunning of the worldly elements of modern society.
What has happened to the evangelical stand?
Let us consider…the President might be an extremely enjoyable person to enjoy a beer with. I would not doubt that his friends love him and that he is a warm and personable man who can make the person that he is talking with feel welcome and appreciated and valuable to his mission.
I have an appreciation for people and leaders…that have to ‘wing it’ at times…as I have had to do so on more than one occasion.
However, never did I sacrifice the well being of others when I was unsure the direction that I needed to navigate in order to facilitate the well being of the precious people that I represented.
Please consider…when your child brings home a failing report card…is it alright and acceptable to judge it as a A+ report card and anyone who would deny it would be simply delving into fake news?
When your supervisor gives you specific instructions to complete and facilitate your advancement on the job….and you do so…is it acceptable for the boss to change the parameters of your success…on a whim…to enable their morning mania?
Do we still want a democracy that includes all peoples and ideas or do we desire a fascist and authoritarian dictatorship…that caters to the whims of a segment of our society…while leaving the majority of us…on the outside….looking in?
Communicating With Leaders
I was reflecting, yesterday, on my many enjoyable and colorful discussions with University Leaders.
Over a period of 20 years I had the privilege, and the challenge of endeavoring to make the case for both Building Services, and the wonderful people that comprised the organization, and the civil service community…of which, at the time, there were 2,000 individuals.
It is was, somewhat of a fearful thing, in the beginning, for me to ‘speak truth to power,’ nevertheless…I did so for many years prior to my retirement.
It is my habit, over many years, to name the person that I am speaking of, when my comments are positive, and to leave the leader, nameless, when our interaction was somewhat challenging.
Chancellor Beggs was a breath of fresh air for the SIUC Campus. He and his wife, Shirley, were so friendly and welcoming and beloved on our Campus that it was a no-brainer for the president of the University to retain him in his role as SIUC Chancellor when his two year appointment expired.
Dr. Beggs believed, from what the President had told him, that he would be named as the permanent Carbondale Chancellor.
I served on the Chancellor Search Committee that was commissioned to find a replacement for Chancellor Beggs. The president, who I beseeched both publicly and privately to retain Chancellor Beggs, assured me that he would if it was evident that there was a ground swell of support for him from the Campus.
There was a groundswell of support for Dr. Beggs and he believed that he would be appointed permanent chancellor until about three days before his replacement was named.
Chancellor Jo Ann Argersinger was a energetic and outgoing person that drew people to her like a magnet.
She was loved by faculty, staff, and students.
Chancellor Argeringer became so popular on Campus that she eclipsed the President and he subsequently terminated her in under a year.
I supported her, upon her termination and made a short public speech that she had, ’caused us to dream again,’ regarding the possibilities of what SIUC could become.
I was extremely careful to say nothing against the president of the University nor the Board of Trustees…and yet was privately threatened by a University leader to cease my support for Jo Ann or endanger my entire department being contracted out.
A University Chancellor told me on three occasions that civil service staff were on the bottom of the ‘ladder of importance’ and that they would have to wait for a possible raise in pay until after both faculty and the administrative/professional Staff received theirs…and then…if there were any monies left…civil service staff could have a raise.
After the third time that the Chancellor made the insulting, ‘order of importance,’ statement to me…I informed him that if he said that insulting statement to me again that I would cease trying to find positive things to say about him and resign my position as the president of the Civil Service Council.
The same Chancellor, who recited how unimportant we Civil Service Staff were, told me on another occasion, ‘to leave him the hell alone!’
In all of my communications with chancellors and presidents…this chancellor did more for the Civil Service Community than any other. I was extremely fond of him and discovered that his bark…was much worse than his bite.
A University President, and my friend, abdicated his responsibility to the SIUC Chancellor who was responsible for bringing him to Campus.
I spoke with this President on many, many occasions. Mary Jane heard me speak to him, candidly, on one occasion…and cautioned me that he had the power to fire me and that I had better tone my remarks down.
I was speaking to him about the woman to whom he owed his job at SIU and his responsibility to her.
At my retirement reception the President of the Southern Illinois University system came and delivered remarks regarding our relationship.
He said that if he cut one student worker from my custodial organization, Building Services, that he would catch hell from me.
This is the same President that sought my opinion on numerous occasions regarding all manner of issues confronting the University.
‘Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.’ Proverbs 27:6 KJV
My friend, Jim, alerted me that a request for proposal to contract the food service staff’s jobs in Housing. There was a University wide committee to meet the next morning to discuss, what had been described to me as a ‘done deal’ for the elimination of many Civil Service positions in the Housing food service area.
My colleague and friend, Jake, joined me in a evening meeting with the University Chancellor.
The Chancellor informed us that it was his right and his duty and that he was not only going to examine the contracting of food service but that he really should send out a Request for Proposal for Building Services as well.
I talked with him at length regarding the University’s responsibility to the employment of Southern Illinoisan’s and that he would never find the dedication that his current employees have to the institution. He stared at me, angrily, for several minutes, and then asked, abruptly, if there was anything else that I wanted to talk about…and I responded that there was not.
The next morning the University wide Committee Meeting was canceled and shortly thereafter the Chancellor said that he would not discuss the contracting of full time staff employment while he was in office.
There are times that difficult crossroads bring a successful path.
Good News
Have you ever noticed that when you are worried about something and subsequently receive good news, rather than the bad news that you feared, you are suddenly well rested and optimistic and ready to gird your loins and do battle with life?
So often we become obsessed with the politics and minutiae of life and we fail to realize that most of our worries and cares seem to work out and that more times than not what we were obsessed and worried about…never happens.
Perhaps you did not get the job that you interviewed for…but soon a job opportunity comes along that is better and more suited to your strengths.
As I walked the lovely SIU Campus this afternoon…I was reminded of all of the battles and challenges that our 150 year old institution of higher learning has seen.
The protests of the Vietnam War that occurred at Southern were passionate and subsequently forced the closure of the University. Around the same time the burning of Old Main, which was the first building of Southern Illinois Normal University.
A cheerful and a can-do attitude is worth untold riches when it comes to leading and inspiring people.
Let us not ask anyone for perfection…unless we are perfect.
Or as Jesus said, ‘he that is without sin among you…let him cast the first stone.’
How about…we try to learn from our mistakes and our human failings and our inflated egos…and try to be as optimistic as the lovey photo, above, of President and Mrs. Morris?
Were they perfect…no.
Did they make mistakes…yes.
But, our wonderful Southern Illinois University at Carbondale…just kept on growing…because they believed in us…and we believed in them…and we all believed in SIU.
Guard Your Treasure
I have taken note that often when I am writing regarding a subject that, throughly interests me, I write three blog posts regarding the subject.
The current concern at my beloved University…is one of those subjects.
When I came to SIU, in 1978, I was a young man that had not had much exposure to life. Being reared in a virtual all white town and attending all white schools…I had little cultural diversity to form my understanding of the real world.
Southern Illinois University gave me an immediate exposure to coworkers from around the globe…and I liked them.
Soon, I understood that life was more than the narrow parameters that I had been raised with…both culturally and ethnically and from a religious point of view.
I grasped that SIU was something special and something to be proud of and a treasure to be guarded for future generations.
One of my many friends and fellow congregants at First Presbyterian Church of Carbondale told me today that she is very worried about her alma mattar and that she is a fourth generation graduate of SIU.
First Presbyterian Church at Carbondale is full of former professors and Deans and former administrators for who the subject of the success of SIU at Carbondale is a passionate and personal subject.
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is our ‘Beating Heart’…and our soul and the nexus of our success and existence.
To believe that we are not as important as we were in times gone by…or to believe that the the vision of the flagship…almost 150 year old…flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University System has somehow, arbitrarily moved, is an insult to the majestic history of SIU.
The teacher’s college that President Delyte Morris took and developed into a world renowned University of almost 25,000 students on the Carbondale Campus…was not an accident…but rather a concerted effort by the governor and the legislature and the Board of Trustees and the President and the Chancellors of the University…and the lifelong and dedicated and selfless hard work of the countless members of the SIUC Community…over many years.
My Presbyterian friend and fellow Presbyterian congregant is a recognized historian of the beginnings of Carbondale and the University and the Presbyterian Church.
She can not be fooled and neither can I…the Carbondale Campus of SIU is vital to the success of the entire region and it was planted…and developed and watered…and grown…by that controlling building construct….and the only reason that it is not flourishing is the lack of attention by the vintner…or the farmer…or the husbandman to ensure that the crop is growing properly and is hearty…
We must not allow the vision of what Southern Illinois University is…to be lost to the compelling interest of political expediency.
We, ‘are the University that shouldn’t have happened, but did.’
SIUC can be likened to the Taj Mahal in the desert of Little Egypt.
If SIU flourishes…the entire Southern Illinois region benefits.
If SIUC is ignored and cut back and has funding removed from it…former President Delete Morris’s vision…dies.
Money…and a lot of it…political power…and the desire to ascend to greater heights of leadership…often controls university leaders and politicians.
Let us focus on the person who first wants to lead…from vision that he or she has for the institution and then, and far second…as to how much money and power can they achieve by the leadership post.
There really are leaders who are so dedicated to a vision of excellence that money is not their first consideration…but rather the challenge of the goal of a return to excellence.
The Joy of Travel
This past Friday we had our friend and former pastor, Janice, over for wine and brownies and the joys of the back porch!
As we began talking about the joys and challenges and opportunities of travel, I thought of the transformation that travel has had on my outlook and understanding of life and my role in it.
Janice recounted, some, of her experiences in Africa and Israel and Turkey.
As she explained the role that she and other volunteers from the United States played in the mission of Marion Medical Mission…the people of Malawi came alive to us and I felt like that I knew them personally.
Indeed, each time I travel to another country I am amazed at the beauty of the people and the intricacies of their ancient cultures.
My mother was enraptured with the story of Wallis Simpson and king Edward III who stepped down from the British throne…for the woman he loved.
I have been enthralled with the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel. Not since the 1930’s when American socialite, Wallis Simpson married British king Edward VIII, which caused a constitutional crisis and led to Edward abdicating the British throne, has there been a marriage into the royal family from an American.
While, today, the royal family has become so much more enlightened and Meghan Markel, who is an American and bi-racial, is welcomed with open arms and Prince Charles, the next king of the United Kingdom, walked her down the aisle.
The famous civil rights songs, ‘Stand by Me’ was sung during the service and, ‘This Little Light of Mine,’ was performed as the bride and groom were exiting the church and I thought that it was beautiful and soul stirring.
We are releasing our hold on our bias and our prejudice…a little at a time.
Leaders who are nationalist or tribalist are well behind the enlightened desire of the people that they are trying to lead.
‘When the light has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we’ll see
No I won’t be afraid, No I won’t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won’t cry, I won’t cry
No I won’t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me’
Ben E. King and Stephen King
So…the question is…who is my family?
Personalizing Public Leadership
I have witnessed, for 40 years the personalizing and transubstantiation of individual leaders into the success or failure of a large institution…who’s community contains thousands of people.
My goodness, that was a lot to say in a sentence…but please allow me to explain.
Yesterday, an article came out in the opinion section of the Southern Illinoisan newspaper that revealed emails, through the freedom of information act, that painted the current President of Southern Illinois University in a less than favorable light.
One of our State Representatives has called for his immediate resignation while another has, publicly invited him to ‘go the hell.’
I have communicated, by email, with President Dunn, on numerous occasions.
On one email exchange I mentioned to the President that I was shocked at the virulent outcry of members of the SIU Edwardsville community when he had proposed them loaning the SIU Carbondale community 35 millions dollars to facilitate a critical budget shortfall that had been brought about by the State of Illinois abdicating their budgetary responsibility by not passing a budget for two years.
I quoted to the University President, G.K. Chesterton, who said, ‘we are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.’
He not only agreed but went on to put the quote in his monthly newsletter.
Now, I do not agree with the reallocation of funds, that would devastate the Carbondale Campus…to fulfill some, apparently non-existent formula for the Edwardsville Campus, but I have no evidence that Dr. Dunn is working toward the dissolution of the Southern Illinois University System…and obliterate his job.
I sincerely believe that the focus has been on the success of the Edwardsville Campus for many years…and the common feeling among University Leaders is that Carbondale is dysfunctional and dying.
I agree that to be apart of a university system is to be willing to see the good and growth of all of the campuses of the system.
I remember my friend, and former chancellor, telling me that a system vice president, told her that the president really wished that he had her at the Edwardsville Campus instead of Carbondale…that was 20 years ago!
We SIUC folks…would no doubt be more amenable to funding reallocations if we had not been left by the side of the road…for dead…for the past 20 or more years.
The University President apologized for referring to us a ‘bitchers.’ Now demonstrate to the University Community…that you do not think what that awful word connotes.
It goes without saying that the human beings that we have hired into the jobs of chancellor and president…must put aside their petty differences…and work for the success of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale…and demonstrate their understanding of their tax payer funded positions.
Let us not become enraptured with personalities…as we all too often have….but rather let us be immersed and enthralled with the success of our precious students and our, almost 150 year old flagship Campus…SIUC!
Truth
‘Truth – The quality or state of being true.’
‘That which is true in accordances with fact or reality.’ Google Dictionary
‘If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom, ‘Tillerson said, ‘A responsibility for every American citizen to each other is to preserve and protect our freedom by recognizing what truth is and is not, what fact is and is not, and begin by holding ourselves accountable to truthfulness, and demand our pursuit of America’s future be fact-based.’ Former Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, Politico
Of late, our country has had a lively discussion on what is real news and what is fake news. Or, what is a legitimate investigation and what is a witch hunt. Or who’s Presidential Inauguration was larger…when photos clearly document the answer…unless you do not believe…’your lying eyes.’
We require and deserve leaders that will be honest with us. When we are lied to…face to face…with no impunity…it is insulting.
I recall telling a former chancellor, in a private meeting with him and one of his key advisors, to not insult my intelligence again…or the meeting was over. He began to quickly backtrack, as did his assistant, and to assure me that he knew that I was very intelligent.
The point being, was that I knew what the chancellor was telling me was a lie…and he knew that he was telling me a lie…and therefore…why the charade?
So…now…we have another controversy surrounding our beloved Campus that begs the question are we being told the truth…or are we being fed being fed fantasies in the cloak of reality?
The primary impediments to the success of the Carbondale Campus, in the past, has been the lack of support from both the State of Illinois and Boards of Trustees and Central Administration.
I had two friends, who at different times, were the Chairs of the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. Both told me that, the Boards that they chaired, had a very dim view of the Carbondale Campus. They went on to tell me that they felt like that all that we did was fight each other, ‘Bitchers’, and basically cause disruption and they wondered why we could not be successful and good supplicants like the Edwardsville Campus.
They did not mention that since the termination of Chancellor Argersinger we have had 9 chancellors…and that none have had the opportunity to turn the ‘great ship of SIUC around.’
The difference between SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville is the difference between night and day. SIUC is the flagship campus of the system and out of it…every campus in the organization has grown.
We need truth tellers. We need candid honesty.
To have an honest and truthful exchange of ideas and a candid discussion of the needs of our country and of our university…we must respect each other’s intelligence.
Under former President Delyte Morris’s leadership Southern Illinois University flourished.
Each member of the SIUC University Community…when spoken to and communicated with as professionals and sober and resolute adults who are dedicated to the success of the institution, will come to the front of their responsibilities and take on additional tasks…because they are…needed and respected and a vital part of the renaissance of the Carbondale flagship campus.
Discipline…A Difficult Word
‘Discipline – training to act in accordance with rules; drill:’
‘Activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.’
‘The rigor or training effect of experience, adversity, etc.:’ Dictionary.com
Often the only real difference between successful people and those who are unsuccessful…is discipline.
We bemoan the challenges in our lives.
We want to be thinner…but we do not want to change our eating habits.
We want to have more money…but we do not want to cut our, discretionary, expenses that drain our cash reserves.
We want advancement and promotion on the job…but we do not want to focus and immerse ourselves on the tasks that have been given us.
There are four times in my life that I found discipline invaluable to the goal that I was seeking.
As a very young man, I was terminated from a janitorial service. I was newly married and my wife was a school teacher and I was throughly embarrassed. Although I was working between 12 – 16 hour per day on this job…six days per week…my best was not good enough.
Not long after my termination, at 20 years old, I was offered a Building Service Worker I position at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. From the the first day that I began the assignment…I determined that I was going to be a professional custodial worker…I was going to be the best.
I worked very hard towards my goal and often would not take my breaks or lunch period in order to facilitate my vision of success.
The last 25 years of my 32+ years with SIU I spent as either the Assistant Superintendent of Building Services or, during the final 13 years, the Superintendent.
In the middle of the last decade I set my mind to change my habit of eating and loose weight. During a period of six months I lost 95 pounds.
Failure is a habit…success is a habit.
It has been said that it takes around 21 days to change a bad habit.
For many years I have wanted to walk for my health on a daily basis. Even after retirement I had trouble keeping this goal.
I can attest that after a few weeks of staying dedicated to my desire to walk daily…I have been successfully doing so for the past two years.
I have wanted to be a writer since Mr. Feazel, my Social Studies teacher, told the class that my writing was so natural and that it was, ‘just like Bradley was talking with us.’
Writing has been a, somewhat allusive goal, but, I am well into my fourth year of writing on a daily basis…and I am working on a book about my experiences at SIU.
The mythical monster…that seems insurmountable in our lives is, often, little more than a change in habit…that takes a period of time to accomplish.
Replace the negative picture of yourself, that is in your head, with a positive vision of the, ‘you’, that you want to be!
We all see the world through our eyes and looking out of our skull…we live in our heads.
A recognized theory of quantum physics is that all molecules and atoms are moving constantly…and that what you visually see…is what your brain has decoded.
Practice seeing…a successful ‘you!’
Practice seeing…a thinner ‘you’!
Practice seeing…a ‘you’ that has the financial resources to accomplish what you desire to enable a happy life.
