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Compass Culture | The Scorecard

This week, as part of our Culture Series, Eric and Sadie are talking about the Compass Scorecard.  Our scorecard is the method we use to keep track of our goals and metrics for the year.  Questions, about the Scorecard?  Leave them in the comments below.       To watch the full Culture Series, go…

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Compass Culture | Strategic Thinking

We are kicking the new year off with a series called Compass Culture.  In this first VLOG, Eric and Sadie talk about Strategic Thinking.   Leave your questions, comments and silly emojis in the comments below!   To watch the full Culture Series, go here.

A Balloon in a Sword Fight

Touch Conversation I felt like a balloon in a sword fight yesterday.  Everywhere I went, everyone I encountered was negative, rude and incredibly self-loathing. By about 10:00 am, I was pretty much ready to throw in the towel on the whole “trying to be positive” thing. Then I had to have a pretty tough conversation…

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The Resilient Response

Just like we have the power to choose our attitudes we also have the power to to choose what we empower “I don’t fix problems. I fix my thinking then the problems fix themselves.” ~Louise Hay Much of the pain you are dealing with are really just thoughts…ever think of that? If what you are…

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I am a Lighthouse

Sometimes, especially in this field, we watch as clients,or even some coworkers, make unsafe or what we view as bad decisions. It can be hard to watch especially if it is a recurring cycle. You aren’t here to save anyone. I have to remind myself of that daily. I wasn’t brought into their life to…

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Learning Language

Incredibly Smart My son, Hunter, is incredibly smart.  I’m not saying that because I’m his mom.  I’m saying that because he went into kindergarten readying at a 2nd grade reading level.  He has always been ahead of his class and does reading and math in one to two grades higher than his. I would love…

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Power in Purpose

Compass has been in business for 20 years this August!  Wow!  Celebrating such a milestone often times looks like reflection.  However, this article isn’t really about reflection, but more so on the power in purpose.  You see Compass as we know it today, is not the Compass from 1996.  So how did 1996 Compass become…

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What’s Inside

What’s Inside ‘If I were to squeeze this orange as hard as I could, what would come out?’ I asked a young man having a hard time this morning. He looked at me like I was a little crazy and said, ‘Juice, of course.’ ‘Do you think apple juice could come out of it?’ ‘No!’…

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My Anthem: Fight Song

My Anthem: Fight Song Does anyone else have an anthem song? An anthem song is one you play full blast on your car stereo and sing along not minding if you look like a fool to other motorists. One where when you hear it on the radio, you instinctively turn it up and feel a surge…

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We The People: Community

If you happen to follow our Facebook page, then you know we absolutely love to spend time together! We love events, potlucks, birthday parties, staff meetings, rallies and all the above. We start getting questions in the office about upcoming events months and sometimes even a year in advance because our people are already excited about…

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