P.M. Forni
P.M. Forni
Pier Massimo Forni, a native of Italy, is an award-winning professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he has taught since 1985. Dr. Forni has published several books, including his 2002 best-seller Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct. He co-founded and currently directs the Civility Project at Johns Hopkins, the purpose of which is to assess the significance of civility, manners and politeness in contemporary society...
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We've been running it (the sag press) all year. The key is to transition out of it and get quickly into our man coverage.
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Our defense saved us. After the first quarter, we weren't scoring, but we weren't allowing them to score either.
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Sometimes informality breeds rudeness. Maybe companies that are very informal manage to keep stress levels down. But if it's very informal, workers might not know what their boundaries are.
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We knew it was going to be a tough week. Those are probably the two toughest places in the league to play.
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It was nice that we could get everybody in the game, and it was a good way for our seniors to play their last (regular-season) game at home.
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They think the world revolves around them and they are not considerate. They are not kind. They are trapped in a cage of narcissism we have built for them.
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They played us tough. We couldn't seem to get a spark.
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He uses finesse and muscle and has a great shooting touch. We even let him handle the ball.
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When we complain, we often project onto others the dissatisfaction of how we're dealing with our own lives.
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Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation.
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These small indignities and minor cruelties take a toll. They add to the burden of stress and fatigue that is already present in the workplace and they have real consequences on the every day lives of workers.
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Few things would gratify me as much as a rediscovered respect for things belonging to others. Not abusing the property of others (or that of the community) is one of the ways in which we respect others. It is an essential part of being considerate guests, no matter where we are: in an airplane, in a friend's home, in a movie theater, in a doctor's office, in a public library, or in a public square.
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If we are kind and considerate, people will want to be around us, and we benefit from enduring circles of attention and care.
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Respecting others' opinions doesn't mean being untrue to our own.