A basic definition of “honest” is truthful, being free from deception. Yet James Foust once said, “Honesty is more than not lying.

Starting next week, we continue our journey through the Tilt 365 Model as we move to the Resilience quadrant.

Being receptive is being willing to consider new ideas and suggestions. It is the opposite of being narrow-minded, resistant, and shutting down new ideas.

Weekly Challenge #38 “Be curious. Not judgmental.”— Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman shows great wisdom in this quote.

Flexible comes from the Latin root meaning “to bend.” There’s often more than one “right” way to do something.

Alert comes from the French phrase à l’erte meaning “on the watch” and from the Italian all’erta, meaning “to the height.”

I was chatting with a friend the other day, and for some reason Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” came to mind. My friend had never heard it — I find many people haven’t heard of it — and yet it is one of my favorites. So, I wish to share it with you in its entirety:

We are creatures who have the gift of free will, meaning we can choose our actions. Some of these choices are conscious, others unconscious.

When I think about someone who is fair, I think of someone who is honest, upright, and honorable. There is a sense of level-headedness to a fair person.