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Reality Check: Gifts and Earned Successes
For some folks, a favourite activity is comparing themselves with others. Who has the best car? The nicer house? The most friends on facebook? Keeping score can pass the time, but I don’t believe that it helps make one’s life … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged blame, comparing with others, discouragement, gratitude, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: Technology, For Better or Worse?
If you ever have conversations about “the way things are going,” it’s likely that the topic of technology has popped up. Technology plays a big role in our lives. Even if you don’t use tech devices yourself, the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, helpful, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Would You Listen to Yourself?
For this post, I’ve chosen the headline, “Would you listen to yourself?” This simple question could be perceived quite differently by different people. What do you think it means? Some folks would interpret it as an expression of exasperation. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, criticism, offering information, perception
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Reality Check: Is it Overwork? Or Discouragement?
If you’re feeling dissatisfied, can you put your finger on the cause? It might be harder than you’d think. For example, regardless of one’s stage in life, a common dissatisfaction is perceiving that one is overworked. Too much to do; … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged "should", discouragement, need satisfaction, responsibility, work
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Reality Check: May I Persuade You?
It would be difficult to ignore all of the persuasive messages that come into our lives, wouldn’t it? Many of those messages are focused on getting us to do something, often it’s to buy something. Marketing ads have a clear … Continue reading
Posted in Develop Understanding
Tagged basic needs, choosing influences, examining wants, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: For the Hundredth Time
Are you persistent? Or are you stubborn? It takes wisdom to tell the difference between that positive attribute (persistence) and the negative one (stubbornness, also known as pig-headedness!) Let’s say we’re trying something new: perhaps it’s poetry-writing, cabinet-making, or Spanish-speaking. … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, discouragement, persistence, priorities, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: When Someone Wants to Pick a Fight
Do you know someone who wants to pick a fight? Perhaps there’s somebody in your family or at work who wants to argue. Some people enjoy a fight. But the fact that someone wants to fight with you doesn’t mean … Continue reading
Posted in Control and Choice
Tagged choosing actions, conflict, improving relationships, perception
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Reality Check: “Good Thing” Accountability
Accountability. We know it’s good for us. Yet, it sounds kind of naggy and judgey. Like, “You said you’d do this and now I’m holding you accountable. So ‘fess up; did you do what you said you would do?” It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged choosing thoughts, encouragement, gratitude, happiness
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Reality Check: Overcoming Reach-Out Hesitancy
Even when our lives are going poorly, it’s still possible to feel satisfied if we have good connections with people. Dr. Wm. Glasser refers to a basic need for love and belonging. While he suggests that the need is universal, … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged choosing actions, encouragement, improving relationships, need satisfaction
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