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>>> WELCOME BACK. >>WE ARE IN A FUNKY MOOD
BECAUSE IT IS FRIDAY.
>>HERE ON TAKE FIVE WE ARE
ABOUT BEING KIND AND PROMOTING
BEING KIND.
BEING KIND. WE CAN DO IT AND HAVE A GOOD
REASON.
REASON.
REASON. EARLIER THIS MONTH GOVERNOR JAY
INSLEE SIGNED A PROCLAMATION
MAKING AUGUST 18 A DAY OF
KINDNESS.
KINDNESS.
KINDNESS. HE WANTS EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE
THAT EVERY ACT OF KINDNESS
MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
>>ON AUGUST 18 THE COMMUNITY OF
SNOW MISSES GETTING TOGETHER
WITH BUSINESSES AND THE
COMMUNITY TO CREATE A KINDER
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. ERIN WILL BE ONE OF THE
FEATURED SPEAKERS AT KIND FEST.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET
EVERYONE KNOW THE IDEA BEHIND
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT THE
FOUNDER OF KIND FEST.
ANGIE IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE
AND A PREVIOUS STUDENT OF MINE.
ANGIE IS THE FOUNDER.
ANGIE'S DREAM WAS TO CREATE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS,
BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO
COME TOGETHER AROUND CREATING A
KINDER WORLD AND HAVE A CHANCE
TO NETWORK AND TALK.
THAT IS THE WHY BEHIND IT.
>>THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT SHE
SPARKED UP.
SPARKED UP. WHY DID YOU JUMP ON?
>>I JUMPED ON BOARD BECAUSE
KINDNESS IS THAT THE HEART OF
ALL THE WORK THAT I DO.
BASICALLY WHAT I DO FOR A
LIVING IS I TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THEMSELVES AND
OTHERS WITHOUT JUDGING AND
BLAMING.
BLAMING.
BLAMING. >> THAT IS HARD TO DO.
>>IT IS VERY HARD WORK.
FOR ME KINDNESS IS A NATURAL
STATE THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS CAN
TOUCH.
TOUCH.
TOUCH. MY
TOUCH. MY WORK IS ABOUT FINDING
OBSTACLES THAT WE HAVE TO
EXPRESSING KINDNESS.
EXPRESSING KINDNESS. THERE IS REALLY NO MORE
MEANINGFUL WORK THAT I COULD
IMAGINE DOING.
IMAGINE DOING. >> IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN GIVE TO OUR VIEWERS AT HOME
TO SAY, I GET IT I WILL BE MORE
KIND.
KIND.
KIND. CAN
KIND. CAN YOU PUT SOMETHING INTO
PRACTICE?
PRACTICE?
PRACTICE? >>I GUESS I CAN SPEAK TO ONE OF
THE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT I HEAR
A LOT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
STARTING TO COMMUNICATE WITH
MORE COMPASSION IS THAT THEY
THINK SPEAKING DIFFERENTLY WILL
MAKE THEM MORE COMPASSIONATE.
YOU HAVE TO ACT AND SO MUCH OF
COMPASSION IS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR
MOUTH.
MOUTH.
MOUTH. YOU PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE
ELSE'S SHOES, EMBRACE YOUR OWN
FEELINGS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THE
INTERACTION.
INTERACTION. THAT IS THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT
YOU DO BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR
MOUTH IN A WAY THAT WILL CREATE
A MORE COMPASSIONATE
INTERACTION.
INTERACTION. >>DO YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. I WILL TALK ABOUT MY JOURNEY
AND HOW I STEERED MY CAREER AND
LIVELIHOOD TOWARDS THAT AND
TIPS AND TOOLS FOR FOLKS IF
THEY WANT TO COMMUNICATE
COMPASSIONATELY.
COMPASSIONATELY. >>I WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYONE
WOULD WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH
COMPASSION.
COMPASSION. IT IS HARD TO DO THE HEAVY
LIFTING BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR
MOUTH.
MOUTH.
MOUTH. >>
MOUTH. >> WE NEED TRAINING.
I CREATE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN
PRACTICE.
PRACTICE.
PRACTICE. SAY SPACE WHERE THEY CAN COME
AND AIR OUT THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS THEM
REACTING UNKIND SO THEY CAN
FIGURE IT OUT AND INTEGRATE
THOSE TOOLS.
THOSE TOOLS. >>I REMEMBER READING BOOKS LIKE
THIS AND IT IS HARD.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AND
YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY DAY.
I GET IN THE MOOD WHERE I GO
BACK TO MY WAYS AND THEN ICE --
I SAY NO CALM DOWN.
AND THEN IT'S NOT AS BAD.
WE HAVE A KEYWORD SET UP.
SINCE THIS IS COMING UP NEXT
MONTH TEXT THE WORD KIND, WE
WILL SEND YOU A LINK BACK ABOUT
THE EVENT AND SHE WILL BE
SPEAKING AT THAT EVENT.
ONCE YOU ARE DONE I'M SURE
EVERYONE WILL FEEL BETTER.