November’s word is courage: Being brave enough to do what you should do even when you’re afraid.
Courage is a challenge for all of us in one way or another. Our fears and insecurities as kids may be different than what we feel now as adults, but they are no less real. As adults, we work harder to hide those, to seem brave, and to appear as if nothing can get to us.
Showing some level of vulnerability makes us real, makes us trustworthy, and helps us to practice being brave. Other than the simple (yet difficult!) act of admitting when we have made a mistake, what might vulnerability and courage look like at work?
- Offer negative feedback in a professional manner to an individual that needs to hear it in order to improve his/her practice.
- Try a new and challenging piece of technology when you realize it could be of great benefit, but it will be difficult to master.
- Present something new in front of a group.
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Past Value Words
August 2020
BIG THREE
Treat Others Right, Make Smart Decisions, Maximize Your Potential
September 2020
FRIENDSHIP
Using your words and actions to show others you care
October 2020
INTEGRITY
Choosing to be truthful in whatever you say and do
November 2020
GRATITUDE
Letting others know you see how they’ve helped you
December 2020
Making someone’s day by giving something away
January 2021
RESPONSIBILITY
Showing you can be trusted with what is expected of you
February 2021
KINDNESS
Showing others they are valuable by how you treat them
March 2021
PATIENCE
Waiting until later for what you want now
April 2021
PEACE
Proving you care more about each other than winning an argument
May 2021
COMMITMENT
Making a plan and putting it into practice
June 2021
INNOVATION
Looking at the world and yourself in a new and different way
July 2021
COLLABORATION
Thinking together to solve problems
August 2021
WISDOM
Finding out what to do and doing it
September 2021
INITIATIVE
Seeing what needs to be done and doing it
October 2021
INDIVIDUALITY
Discovering who you are meant to be so you can make a difference
May 2021
COMMITMENT
Making a plan and putting it into practice
November 2021
CONTENTMENT
Deciding to be okay with what you have
December 2021
SERVICE
Lending a hand to help someone else
January 2022
SELF-CONTROL
Choosing to do what you should do even when you don’t want too
February 2022
COMPASSION
Caring enough to do something about someone else’s need
March 2022
COOPERATION
Working together to do more than you can do alone
April 2022
HOPE
Believing that something good can come out of something bad
May 2022
PERSEVERANCE
Refusing to give up when life gets hard
