Archive for the 'Respect' Category

What Do a Rapper and a Politician Have in Common?

Recently two new stories that under normal circumstances would have been ignored by the media became prime time news and the subject of many radio talk shows.  The first story involved a politician calling another politician a liar. That alone is about as newsworthy as the morning sunrise. It happens every day in every country. […]

More On Respect…

The following is taken from Stephen M.R. Covey’s  book The Speed of Trust published by Free Press:
I particularly like the story of the business student who did well on her final exam until she came to the last question: “What is the name of the person who cleans your dorm?”  She was incredulous.  How could […]

A Case for Respect

Our civilized culture appears to be disintegrating like a snowball in Florida on the fourth of July.  This week there have been two highly publicized stories about the number acts of violence on school busses that are being caught on video by classmates and viewed as entertainment by both students and their parents.  Teachers living […]