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I am a student of human consciousness and ethics. I have combined
my passion for understanding consciousness and
ethics into a coaching practice. In this practice I work with individuals to coach them to become outstanding
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Listening is the Lost Art of Communication. We are taught
how to read and write in school for more than eight years.
However, in all that time very little effort is given to
teaching effective listening.
Most people are unable to listen with empathy to the most
important people in their lives. Unable to listen with
empathy to their children or spouse they develop poor
relationships with them. Also unable to listen to their
supervisor or subordinates they develop weak relationships with
their coworkers.
Empathic listeners prove to their loved ones and coworkers
that they are understood when they speak. As an empathic
listener I experience the universe with an open mind. I am
here to learn. Three years ago I wrote a thought piece inspired
by empathic listening. I call the writing, Your Nose
Knows. Click below to read this text.
The Nose Knows.001.pdf |
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Bill and Teamster Philip at the Orange County Centennial Farm
This is a photograph of Teamster Philip with Bill the ox.
I am a volunteer at the Orange County Centennial
Farm. In this role I work with the oxen team to show
Kindergarten children and their parents and teachers how oxen
are used on a farm. In the last five years, I have
presented the oxen to more than 300,000 school children.
I have been working with Bill for eight years. I am sad
to report that Bill the ox has died. He lived for sixteen
years, quite old for cattle. Most cattle in the United
States live less than seven years. Oxen live longer
because their usefulness to humans is longer. Bill died
due to advanced arthritis. Bill had chronic arthritis in
his two front legs. Finally, he was no longer able to walk
and was put down. Bill was still his strong self until his
last days. Bill was a magnificent animal and will be
missed by the teamsters and his many admirers throughout the
community.
Bill was a crowd favorite at the OC Fair.
At the end of our presentations in the Livestock Arena we
invited guests to pose with the oxen in the arena. When
Bill was part of our show, people would wait in line to approach
him even when Patches and Freckles were available. Bill
was special to everyone who got to know him. This
photograph was taken five days before Bill's last day.
Centennial Farm teamster Nancy Truglio and I had just completed
bathing Bill and gave him a special treat of "cow candy" to
induce him to swallow his medicine for the arthritis. Bill
was as happy as can be. We shall miss him. He filled
our lives with hundreds of great memories.
Patches and Freckles were the stars of this year's oxen
exhibit. This was their fourth year at the Orange
County Fair. They were weighed on a livestock scale just a
few days before the 2010 Fair opened. Patches weighed in
at 2,750 pounds and Freckles a lightweight at 2,684 pounds.
I say each animal weighs approximately 2,700 pounds plus or
minus 100 pounds. They enjoyed an excellent Fair in
2010, serving as the stars of more than 30 oxen presentations in
the Livestock Show Ring. Tens of thousands of visitors
posed with them for photographic souvenirs of their visit to
this year's OC FAIR. More than 1,150,000
visitors came to enjoy the exhibits, fried food, entertainment,
and pure fun at the 2010 Fair, an all-time record for attendance
at the 120th edition of this annual event.
Patches and
Freckles have adapted to their life in California. I am
sure they miss Brianna Bodwell, who trained them. I am
sure because this Winter, Brianna and her family came to
California to visit the oxen team. Brianna was thrilled to
be with this team that she trained to be oxen starting when they
were only one month old. They remembered her and quickly
followed every instruction she gave them. Brianna gave the
Centennial Farm teamsters a short course on oxen lore. We
were grateful for the time and attention Brianna gave to the
oxen. She was an outstanding trainer.
Patches and Freckles do an excellent job demonstrating the proper work of oxen
on a farm to the thousands of school children who visit the farm
every week. We are pleased and honored to have them on our
oxen team.
These two Lineback
cattle are strong, intelligent and docile. If you could
not
make it to the OC Fair this year, make plans to visit the Centennial Farm to meet these
delightful animals. If you let me know you are coming, I
will meet you at the farm and give you a personal show of the
oxen.
If you subscribe to the
Ethical
Leaders Toolkit you will receive a monthly electronic
mail newsletter. Each issue of the Ethical Leaders Toolkit will
contain this lesson with a new name, "The
Wisdom of a Twenty-First Century Man."
I have also taken some of the articles written under the title,
The Wisdom of Bill and Bob, and rewritten them to be used in the
publication "Rural Heritage Magazine." Rural Heritage will
have a feature article in each issue titled, The Wisdom of
Cattle or Oxen Tales. Rural Heritage Magazine is written
to help farmers who use cattle, draft horses, and mules to work
their fields. I am honored to have my stories about oxen
wisdom contained within their pages.
www.RuralHeritage.com
is the website address for this publication. The two Lineback Oxen, though only
seven years old, possess ancient wisdom. When
I pay attention to the lessons they are teaching their wisdom is
revealed. When I do not pay attention I have to wait until
they are ready to teach me the lesson again. Almost
everyday I am with the animals they have something they want me
to learn. The wisdom they teach applies to men working
with animals and to men living together on the planet. You
can subscribe to the Ethical Leaders
Toolkit using my feedback page on this website.
This information is most useful for someone seeking a leadership
coach. |
DECEMBER 2011
Edition
available now!
A Leadership Essay:
Oxen Understand which way
the Wind blows
Recommended Reading:
The Four Agreements by Dr. Miguel
Ruiz, MD (c) 1997
Supervisor's Success Tip:
What is your
Resolution for the Year 2012
Empathic Listening:
Listen to Your Wisdom
Integrity.
Confidentiality.
Courage.
Ethics.
Time for a personal coach.
To read an Adobe version of the
newsletter please click
DECEMBER2011.001.pdf for the December 2011 edition of Ethical
Leaders Toolkit.
NOVEMBER 2011
Edition
available now!
A
Leadership Essay: Oxen
Know the Time of Day.
Recommended Reading:
The Abilene Paradox (c) 1988
by Dr. Jerry Harvey, PhD Supervisor's
Success Tip:
Have you Groomed Successor to Advance your Promotion?
Empathic Listening: Listen
to Your Children
Integrity. Confidentiality. Courage. Ethics.
Time
for a personal coach. To
read an Adobe version of
the newsletter please click
NOVEMBER2011.103.pdf for the November 2011 edition of Ethical
Leaders Toolkit.
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