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Category Archives: Choosing Behaviour
Reality Check: To Rely and to Be Reliable
There’s a particular satisfaction for me when someone I know has made progress in their life. It’s especially gratifying if I can perceive that I had contributed to that progress, even in a tiny way. Often, the achievements are relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, happiness, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Proactive Happiness
In this series of columns on happiness, my goal is to help answer the question, “What can we do to be happier?” One excellent resource is “Mastering Happiness,” where Dr. Joel Wade discusses ten specific practices. If you adopt them, … Continue reading
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Tagged gratitude, happiness, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Aesop’s Snake
Do you believe there’s good in everyone? That even the most awful person is good at their core? Values and beliefs form part of what Dr. Wm. Glasser refers to as our “Quality World.” Our beliefs influence our perceptions, decisions … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged "should", examining wants, internal & external control
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Reality Check: Demonstrations of Love
Dr. Wm. Glasser says that all humans need love and belonging. Some people need a lot; others not so much, but everybody has this genetic need. We have other genetic needs too, but for now, we’ll just look at love. … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, improving relationships
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Reality Check: Another Route to Self-Esteem
Last posting, I recounted Brady’s story. Brady’s high self-esteem as a youngster came crashing down in adulthood when he encountered a boss who didn’t interpret awesomeness as just showing up. The profuse praise Brady was accustomed to receiving for minimal … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, confidence, motivation, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Routes to Self-Esteem
Is self-esteem a double-edged sword? Too little self-esteem? You can find yourself living an unsatisfying life with little confidence. You may treat yourself as if you have low value or worth. Others may take your behaviour as a cue, and … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged confidence, offering information, perception, work
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Reality Check: Bears, Breakdowns & Choice Theory
The anecdotes and characters in my columns are usually composite characters and fictionalized situations. However, occasionally, I do write about an actual situation or person (after asking permission, of course.) Such is the case for this column, where the behaviour … Continue reading
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Tagged blame, choosing actions, choosing thoughts, gratitude, perception
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Reality Check: Work Hard, Be Nice, Keep Commitments
Work Hard; Be Nice; Keep Commitments. Is that bossy? How about: Do you want a life filled with choice and opportunity? The Knowledge IS Power Program (KIPP) schools in the US serve students in educationally underserved communities. The goal: “college … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, internal & external control, work
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Reality Check: Change–Like it or Not? Part 1
If you’re a person or group promoting a change that’s being met with opposition, it can be comforting to blame the opposition on the assertion “people don’t like change.” When you believe that you are facing resistance because other people … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, frustration, offering information, perception
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