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Reality Check: Situational Confidence
Do you believe that having self-confidence is important, satisfying, and helpful? My next question: “Are you a self-confident person?” There are many competent, skilled, accomplished people who lack self-confidence, and they know it’s an unsatisfying state. You might think that … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged choosing actions, confidence, perception
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Reality Check: What Three Words?
“Why so glum, Jim?” “I just got a compliment. At least, I guess that’s what it was. I did a favour for Mary, and she told me how grateful she is to have me around, that I’m always so loyal … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged choosing thoughts, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Experiments in Encouragement
How do we learn? One effective method involves coming up with an idea and then trying an experiment to see whether the idea works as we think it will. Observe what happens, and then draw a conclusion based on what … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged criticism, learning, offering information
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Reality Check: A Filter For Your Thoughts
Reality. You would think we’d all agree on what it is, wouldn’t you? Yet, two people can be exposed to the same situation or read exactly the same words and come away with quite different perceptions. How does that happen? … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged choosing thoughts, offering information, perception
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Reality Check: When Evaluation Gets Personal
Last column, I offered suggestions regarding workplace evaluations and ways to prepare so as to gain some control over what can be a stressful situation. The workplace is not the only venue where we are evaluated! What’s happening when your … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged criticism, offering information, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Evaluation time
At some point in our lives, most of us are evaluated. Evaluation may be a rare, stress-filled event or a routine, near-constant process. Evaluation occurs at school, when a teacher assigns a grade. As adults, we are often evaluated in … Continue reading
Posted in Workplace
Tagged anxiety, criticism, self-evaluation
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