Cultural Fitness

It is one thing to get up in the morning and go to work.  It is another thing to get up in the morning and hop out of bed to race to perform your very best at your chosen work activity.  One of the ingredients for this to happen is for you to be engaged in an organization that aligns with your personal culture.  Feeling like you are recognized, and your contribution is acknowledged is additionally part of the business cultural fit we all seek.

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Independence Day

At JKL Associates we take the 4th of July to celebrate the freedoms this great nation allows each of us to partake in. Our Freedoms, Our Constitution, Our Bill of Rights should never be twisted or contorted to achieve individual or selective groups agendas.

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Cultural Independence

The founding fathers of this great nation – The United States – understood that we would have differences. The items in our Constitution and Bill of Rights are a testament to them being able to forecast our future and hopefully protect us from ourselves. At the same time providing for the richness of a multi-cultural experience giving opportunity to all who elect to invest themselves into their future.

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So, the summer equinox has arrived again. We have circled the sun another 365 days to bring us back to the start of summer. It is a good time to pause and reflect on the past year. Not in the light of New Year’s resolutions but through the lens of values and contributions. Our culture blossoms when the people inside of it have solid positive values and those directly contribute to the growth of us individually and collectively.

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Today is “Flag Day” and We the People must stand up and raise the flag of freedom we all live under here in the United States. We may not always agree. We likely will promote various agendas. We have the right to voice our opinions in productive peaceful ways. We all still have these privileges, these freedoms under the banner of our American Flag. Let us never forget what it truly represents.

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As a society our culture is overflowing with various obsessions. From sports fanatics to political agendas all the way to what beverages or food we drink and eat can all fall into the obsessions of our current point in time. Oddly enough we are not obsessed with the real welfare of those around us. The need for self-gratification has grown so intense that it has surpassed the fundamental respect for other people.

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Memorial Day Culture

Although we may view our celebration of Memorial Day as the unofficial start of summer, we need to appreciate that our remembrance of Memorial Day signifies that our society does not forget those who have given life and limb so that our culture cannot just sustain but grow in respect for all humanity.

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The hardest thing for people to do is authentically forgive others of wrong doings. Whether real or perceived wrongs, if as a culture we can forgive as a key step to kindling relationships we would grow closer and more respectful of each and every member of society.

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Culture is far more than food, drink, dress, and special customs. These are definitely part of our culture, but we must look deep inside ourselves to find our true nature and culture. For our culture includes how we look at and support the people and relationships of our world. To understand culture, we must understand each other. Our strengths, our weaknesses and everything in between.

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When we look at our current society, we can either see goodness or identify areas where we have potential for growth to be even better. To appreciate the opportunities for improvement we cannot try to change or discard our past. We must learn from it by preserving it and then building better practices upon our history rather than tossing it aside and thinking it never happened.

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