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Category Archives: Choosing Behaviour
Reality Check: When No Response Is a Good Response
Have you ever been subjected to the sting of putdowns or criticisms? If so, you may have been briefly annoyed. However, in some circumstances, the hurt could persist for a long, long time. There are people who seem to enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, confidence, conflict
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Reality Check: The Deliberate and the Impulsive
Impulsive action or deliberate action? If you’re looking for a standard to guide your life, which do you think will lead to more effective results? Impulsive actions can be appealing. The very word “spontaneous” sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Unexpected … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, improving relationships, making choices
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Reality Check: That’s a Good Question!
Do you spend much time talking to people? Some people spend lots of time in conversation; others very little. Some of us need to talk for work or to fulfill other responsibilities. And you may notice that some people find … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged choosing actions, helpful, offering information
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Reality Check: Small Achievements? Worth Recognizing
If you’ve been thinking that it’s time to put yourself on a path to getting your life together, then setting and achieving goals will likely be part of that process. Your goals might include habits or attitudes that you want … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, encouragement, motivation, persistence
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Reality Check: To Share or Not to Share
Setting goals can seem like a straightforward idea; everyone has an understanding of what “goal” means. Yet when we focus seriously on goals, two quite different kinds emerge. In some circles, they are known as go-up goals and give-up goals. … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged choosing influences, discouragement, examining wants
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Reality Check: Go For It!
If you spend any time looking at life management strategies, the topic of goals is sure to come up. Last column, I looked at goals from the perspective of what we might want to give up. This time, I’ll take … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: When We Choose To Give Up
What does it mean to “give up”? Perhaps the first picture that comes to your mind is surrender. We’ve thrown our hands in the air, reached our limit, “That’s it; I’m done.” Sounds pretty negative, doesn’t it? On the other … Continue reading
Posted in Control and Choice, Making a Change, Needs
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Reality Check: Positive Physical Activity
If you ever have the feeling that you need to “pull yourself together,” then it would be handy to have a procedure to follow, wouldn’t it? Dr. Bob Wubbolding wrote a set of directions for doing just that. He called … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, persistence, reality, total behaviour
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Reality Check: What is a Positive Action?
If you decide to follow through with Dr. Bob Wubbolding’s steps in, “A Set of Directions for Putting and Keeping Yourself Together,” then you may have already made some progress! First, you’ll have assessed your current reality. That is, you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, encouragement
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