The true test of civility is a commitment to verbal and written communication that are predominantly positive and declarative and behaviors that are simple, sensitive, sensible, constructive, positive, helpful, empathetic and benefit the recipient out of proportion positively to the sender.

There are so many pathways to civility, decency, and integrity, pick as many as you can....

"I continue to use the advice and wisdom you imparted to us in the early days of forestry on a nearly daily (and sometimes hourly) basis. At my youngest daughter's parent teacher conference two weeks ago the teacher asked (our daughter) what things she wanted to work on for the next semester, and she began with, "well, I want to avoid saying negative things, and when I want to say something like that I want to state it as a positive....my dad does that." We are trying to share your wisdom!

-Consulting Client since 1995