Project the Positive

Next time you are having a challenge with a coworker or supervisor, try projecting the positive into the situation.


Focus on a possible resolution to the conflict. Imagine a resolution and work towards that through projecting those ideas into the situation. 

Use Statements such as: 

"I know that we can come to a good working relationship.""I feel confident that we can overcome this challenge.""I am committed to making this a good working relationship." 

"I understand how you could feel that way."

You most likely will take them off guard and that is one of the biggest challenges to any resolution ~ people taking offense and putting up a defense.


“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” 
― Dalai Lama XIV

First blogged 3/4/12

ProWoman NOT AntiMan

They are NOT Synonymous

Being "for something" does not have to mean you are "against" something else.


It is possible to want Empowerment of Women and the advancement of them without making it at the expense of men. The advancement of one class of people should not mean the oppression of another. How many wars would never have been fought if the oppressed had not then turned into the oppressors.


Abundance is not limited. Everyone benefits from equality. Individuals are then treated as such, rather than as a class.

Women will Advance in this country and in this world when they work together rather than against each other. If we could ever harness our collective power, some amazing things would happen. 

EMPOWERMENT NOT BELITTLEMENT IS THE KEY TO ANY  ADVANCEMENT 

PoliceWoman101

In the late 1800's, Jail Matrons were common to help with incarcerated women and children in prisons and mental asylums. They had no arrest powers but were the forerunners to policewomen. 


On April 1, 1908, Lola Baldwin, was sworn in as a "female detective to perform police service" for the city of Portland, Oregon.¹ She was the first documented woman hired by a U.S. municipality to perform law enforcement duties. She was a commissioned officer with arrest powers but did not carry a firearm and mainly performed social work. 


In 1910, LA City Council passed an ordinance for LAPD to employ "one police officer who shall be a woman."⁵ Mrs. Alice Wells, a social worker, was hired and assigned to the juvenile division. 

Until the 1970s, women in police positions were used in social work and community service positions and largely only dealt with women and children. After Civil Rights legislation in the early '70s, patrol positions started opening up to females across the nation.  


Women Police now make up approximately 13-14 percent of all LE sworn personnel. Only about 1 percent (about 200 or so) of this nation's police chiefs and sheriffs are female.¹⁵ 

WOMEN SERVE A VALUABLE ROLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
Wind Beneath My Wings by Lucy Tops