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Reality Check: Worried about becoming my dad (or mom) syndrome?
It seems that marketers will do anything to convince us that their product is the one for us. (Sounds like I’m choosing skepticism, eh?) Just for fun, picture this as your problem: You’re trying to market a product to young … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged anxiety, confidence, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Fluffy, Revisited
A few posts ago, I presented this classic quandary: Is it appropriate to deceive someone if you believe the deception is kinder than the truth? Here’s the scenario: Maria’s beloved cat, Fluffy, went missing. Maria responded to the reality of … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged "should", improving relationships, making choices
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Reality Check: What does respect look like?
Communication is interesting. We come up with ideas—essentially pictures in our minds—that we want to communicate. Then we use words to share those ideas. We tend to assume that everybody understands words the same way. Take the word “respect.” My … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, conflict, perception
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Reality Check: Are you being bored?
Blissful summer days are a great time to think about school! You’re probably aware that education could be improved. I bet you can come up with a few improvements you’d like right now. Discussions of problems in education are not … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged choosing influences, learning, offering information
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Reality Check: Facebook and Feelings
Some folks choose to be annoyed when they perceive that they have been treated like guinea pigs! So there was some outrage when the results of a Facebook study were recently published in a scientific journal. Here’s the gist of … Continue reading
Posted in Doing, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
Tagged choosing influences, happiness, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Words of Choice
Although we humans do a lot of talking (and occasionally listening), it can still be difficult to understand each other. Even the words we use with ourselves—our internal dialog—can shape how we understand our lives. Do we believe that we … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing thoughts, freedom, perception
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Reality Check: A “Map” of Relationships
Responses to the column that asked, “Are you in the people business?” have encouraged me to take this “people business” a little further. If (or when) you realize that you are in the “people business,” then you might find it … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged improving relationships, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Love is a Verb
How we use our words can shape our thoughts and attitudes. Love is many-splendored indeed, and we use the word “love” in many ways. Anna says, “I’m not in love with my husband anymore. We used to be in love, … Continue reading
Posted in Love & Belonging
Tagged choosing actions, improving relationships, need satisfaction
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