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Category Archives: Choosing Behaviour
Reality Check: Recalculating
Year end is a fine time to think about the big questions of life, such as: Where do I want to go? How will I get there? If you’re familiar with a certain brand of GPS (I call mine Martha) … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Comfort, Joy, and Food
There’s a reason why some foods are called “comfort food.” Like fuzzy socks or fleecy blankets, some foods evoke feelings of being safe, cared for, and satisfied. Whether your comfort food of choice is homemade bread, stew, or chicken pot … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, guilt, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: The Gift of the Long View
When her credit card bill arrived last January, Jessica came face-to-face with the reality of the shopping she’d done over the previous months. She had no idea that she had spent so much! Yet when she checked the charges, she … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged examining wants, making choices, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Reaction Rut
If you’ve ever stubbed your toe, then you’re familiar with quick physical reactions. “Ouch!” (or other words) are almost instant responses to pain; no thought required. Physical pain isn’t the only type of pain though, is it? In choice theory, … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Satisfaction of Small Steps
Ups and downs are a part of life. When life goes well, activities tend to fall in to place; you know what you need and want to do. It’s during those down times that it can be difficult to figure … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, confidence, discouragement
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Reality Check: More Encouragement
Last post, I suggested that honesty is an important characteristic of effective encouragement. When offering encouragement, ask yourself, “Do I believe the encouraging words I am about to say, or are they just “feel-good” words and wishful thinking?” If your … Continue reading
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Tagged discouragement, improving relationships, offering information
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Reality Check: An Encouraging Word
The act of offering sincere encouragement can be as satisfying for you as it is helpful for the person being encouraged. Encouragement feels good. Encouragement can be motivational. Encouragement can be the key to a win-win in many areas of … Continue reading
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Tagged discouragement, improving relationships, offering information
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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
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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
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Tagged "should", improving relationships, making choices
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