George Mumford
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Blame and denial. Love it. No, like I am responsible. Boom. Once you embrace it. Yeah. Okay. I didn't, I didn't ask for this, but now that I'm here, how am I going to, what am I going to do in that space between stimulus and response? And am I going to be who I say I am? Am I going to do what I say I want to do? I have that opportunity, but I have to self-regulate.
I have to, and it's uncomfortable. And part of us comfortable blaming other people or denying it. But if I could say, yeah, I can't take responsibility for, I can't control some things, but I can always choose how I respond to it. And that's where the ultimate freedom is being able to choose. And, and that's, that's what we can do.
I have to, and it's uncomfortable. And part of us comfortable blaming other people or denying it. But if I could say, yeah, I can't take responsibility for, I can't control some things, but I can always choose how I respond to it. And that's where the ultimate freedom is being able to choose. And, and that's, that's what we can do.
I have to, and it's uncomfortable. And part of us comfortable blaming other people or denying it. But if I could say, yeah, I can't take responsibility for, I can't control some things, but I can always choose how I respond to it. And that's where the ultimate freedom is being able to choose. And, and that's, that's what we can do.
And then once you do that, now you develop this ability to know it doesn't matter what happened on some of what matters is what you're going to do. Are you going to get down? You know, still cool in the game. What you going to do? Right. Get up off the wall. You know, you got to get up to get down. You know, and that's it. But once we all assume responsibility and say, OK, here's my role.
And then once you do that, now you develop this ability to know it doesn't matter what happened on some of what matters is what you're going to do. Are you going to get down? You know, still cool in the game. What you going to do? Right. Get up off the wall. You know, you got to get up to get down. You know, and that's it. But once we all assume responsibility and say, OK, here's my role.
And then once you do that, now you develop this ability to know it doesn't matter what happened on some of what matters is what you're going to do. Are you going to get down? You know, still cool in the game. What you going to do? Right. Get up off the wall. You know, you got to get up to get down. You know, and that's it. But once we all assume responsibility and say, OK, here's my role.
Here's how I can contribute. Here's how I can help. So it's our team, it's our community. It's not waiting for somebody to come by. And as a country, as a society, we have this choice. We're waiting for other people to save us instead of saying we are the solution. We the people. We have to say, hey, you know, true north. There's principles involved here. Love, compassion, seeking to understand.
Here's how I can contribute. Here's how I can help. So it's our team, it's our community. It's not waiting for somebody to come by. And as a country, as a society, we have this choice. We're waiting for other people to save us instead of saying we are the solution. We the people. We have to say, hey, you know, true north. There's principles involved here. Love, compassion, seeking to understand.
Here's how I can contribute. Here's how I can help. So it's our team, it's our community. It's not waiting for somebody to come by. And as a country, as a society, we have this choice. We're waiting for other people to save us instead of saying we are the solution. We the people. We have to say, hey, you know, true north. There's principles involved here. Love, compassion, seeking to understand.
And I am the other one. I can't just make you a thing and then treat you like any old thing. No. And if somebody else is doing that in my name, I got to say, hey, I'm not down with that. We don't treat people that way. Right. You know, we don't relate to each other that way. We have to have mutual benefit, mutual respect. We have to understand how to do that.
And I am the other one. I can't just make you a thing and then treat you like any old thing. No. And if somebody else is doing that in my name, I got to say, hey, I'm not down with that. We don't treat people that way. Right. You know, we don't relate to each other that way. We have to have mutual benefit, mutual respect. We have to understand how to do that.
And I am the other one. I can't just make you a thing and then treat you like any old thing. No. And if somebody else is doing that in my name, I got to say, hey, I'm not down with that. We don't treat people that way. Right. You know, we don't relate to each other that way. We have to have mutual benefit, mutual respect. We have to understand how to do that.
Now we hold people accountable, but you don't have to make them into objects where you can just hate on them or treat them any old way.
Now we hold people accountable, but you don't have to make them into objects where you can just hate on them or treat them any old way.
Now we hold people accountable, but you don't have to make them into objects where you can just hate on them or treat them any old way.
So that's it. It starts with us. You see what I'm saying? And so when we can do it, and me as a leader, that's how I lead. I model behavior, but I give people a say in what what we're doing and say, okay, what do you want to do? And it could be like where I'm going and you're not going in the same direction. There's a book called Good to Great.
So that's it. It starts with us. You see what I'm saying? And so when we can do it, and me as a leader, that's how I lead. I model behavior, but I give people a say in what what we're doing and say, okay, what do you want to do? And it could be like where I'm going and you're not going in the same direction. There's a book called Good to Great.
So that's it. It starts with us. You see what I'm saying? And so when we can do it, and me as a leader, that's how I lead. I model behavior, but I give people a say in what what we're doing and say, okay, what do you want to do? And it could be like where I'm going and you're not going in the same direction. There's a book called Good to Great.
They said, before you get on a bus, you decide where you want to go. You make sure you have the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus. And that's the thing. And that's a choice. Do you want to be here? Yeah. Okay. Here's what we're into. If you're not into that, You know, as my father used to say, don't let the door hit you where the dog should have bit you.