Category: Leadership
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Gaining control through letting go
It was a long day at kindergarten, as kids waited in the adjacent room during the parents-teacher conference at the end of the day. They were happy together. Lately they don’t want to say goodbye to each other. The twin boys kept saying that Jackie is coming home with them. Jackie has developed a steady…
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Be.
How many times have we heard someone tell us to be a certain way. To be something. To be someone. Be good! Be tough! Be a man! Be a nice girl! Be a woman! It is such an affront to our being. Even with the best intentions, the subliminal message is that we are not…
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The concept of money
Jackie is settling well into her age of five. There are bursts of energy and intelligence, of growth and exploration. We don’t do anything in particular to help her grow. We just create contexts, allow her freedom, we tease her with knowledge, leading by example. She started experimenting more and more. In the moment; it’s…
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Attachment
Not long ago, in the job description of the state employees who cared for orphans said to not get attached, and to not let the children get attached to them either. If the state employee disobeyed the written law and did what their heart moved them to do, that’s when they truly served the the…
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First 100
Prima sută de cărți a pornit spre voi, în toată lumea, sau e deja în mâinle vastre. M-aș bucura să aud de la voi, ce v-a plăcut, ce v-a mișcat, ce v-a provocat. Puteți comenta mai jos, sau îmi puteți trimite un mesaj personal la contact@violetaaltmann.com Pentru comenzi, scrieți-mi un mesaj personal cu adresa de…
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Eye contact
I am reading about the early stage of development in children, and about what gives them a sense of security and helps them anchor with stability in this world. It is eye contact. Babies being mesmerizing and cute is an adaptation for survival. It draws our eyes to them. To look at them. And that…
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What makes you come alive?
I was the quiet kid. I didn’t practice my storytelling. I didn’t yearn or learn to be the center of attention. Drawing attention to myself, from teachers or from peers, came with negative side-effects, causing unfounded envy or pressure. There is beauty in discretion and obscurity. Anonymity has always been a sweet friend. Having arrived…
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She takes after you
We savor the journey of discovering Jackie as the unique person she is. Often she has certain tendencies, different from us, true sparks of genius, and we joke about who she takes after. Isn’t adoption adventurous?! We see us in her, at different times, and we marvel. She only emulates our habits, our facial expressions,…