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      KEYZINE: An e-zine for LEADERS:
     ABOUT THE PEOPLE PART OF BUSINESS
                 Volume 68, November 2006
    Publisher: © Key Associates, 2006
              ISSN # 1545-8873
           http://www.mkkey.com

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This Issue: On "Reflective Writing"

This is a monthly electronic magazine for anyone 
who wants to be a better leader, coach, facilitator, 
or simply, to tune up their people skills.  It is a 
complimentary publication, devoted to the next
evolution of Quality Thinking.

View Earlier Issues --See our new website (http://www.mkkey.com) 

Contents:

• What's Hot in Leadership
• Maintaining Yourself as a Leader
• Frequently Asked Questions from Leaders
• Educational Opportunities
• Useful Websites
• Articles/Publications
  

"I write to learn what I think."
                                            -  Unknown

"The difference between fiction and reality? 
Fiction has to make sense."
                                             - Tom Clancy

"I didn't have time to write a short letter, 
so I wrote a long one instead."

                                    - Mark Twain

"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of 
those who have minded beyond reason the 
opinion of others."
                                              - Virginia Woolf

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WHAT'S HOT IN LEADERSHIP
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SETTING TIME FOR WRITING AND REFLECTION.

TAKING COMMAND OF LANGUAGE(S).

OPEN COMMUNICATION AND SELF-
DISCLOSURE.

WRITING TO LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF, 
AS WELL AS TO COMMUNICATE TO OTHERS.

FEARLESS WRITING.

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MAINTAINING YOURSELF AS A LEADER
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There is an artist and an author in all of us.  Yet 
many of us have tucked the abilities deep inside, 
having been silenced or belittled by analytical critics
(amongst them, ourselves).  Unused, the skills are like 
unexercised muscle groups, which require a regular 
trip to the gym.

Writing is a creative act, a journey to the inner self.  
Write on a regular basis, to learn what you think, to 
awaken your sensibilities, to express who you are.

Every person authors their own experience.  Reclaim 
your voice through the written word.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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What do I write about?

Anything.

• Personal events--changes, transitions
• Reaction to local, national or global events
• Gratitude and noting good things that happen
• What you want to be remembered for (your obit)
• Putting in letter form something you have always wanted to say to someone, dead or alive
• Design a constructive response to a problem
• Reflect on memories

What if I have a fear of writing? 

Pilot-test your  fearless writing.  Read your work aloud 
(don't keep something on paper that you wouldn't actually say).
Write under the assumption that "the reader knows nothing."
In general, use the language of PlainSpeak.  Simplify, 
simplify, simplify.  Prune and strive for order.  

Choose a group of trustworthy colleagues who can read your 
work, tell you what they perceive, and make constructive 
suggestions.  Feedback will be your ally.