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Category Archives: Choosing Perspective
Reality Check: How We Use Our Tools
Ongoing learning is a wonderful luxury. We can learn so much if we have the time and inclination to do so. Information is easily available and often free, especially if you don’t care about getting credit for your learning. For … Continue reading
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Tagged "should", perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Purpose, Feedback and Influence
Defining purpose in our lives is interesting to me, but I didn’t know for sure whether others share that interest. Now I know; it’s not just me who sees purpose as a topic worth thinking about. How do I know? … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, motivation, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Finding the Good Thing
Humans seem to be wired to easily recognize bad things—danger, fear, hostility—and skip over good things. I’m sure there’s a perfectly sensible survival-related reason for that. However, if the lens we look through shows us only negatives, it makes for … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, happiness, perception, unhappiness
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Reality Check: The Actions of Optimism
The New Year has arrived. This year, the consistent sentiment that I’ve heard expressed is, “I hope it’s going to be better than last year!” Will 2021 be a better year than 2020? Some folks believe that it will be; … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing influences, choosing thoughts, perception
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Reality Check: A Look at Happiness
What does it mean to be happy? Is it selfish to want to be happy? Do some people seek happiness in a bad way? Is there a formula for happiness? So many questions; so few answers. But as we come … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, examining wants, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: A Year in Perspective
In “Choice Theory,” Dr. Glasser tells the story of a mother who is travelling with her infant. The baby screams through the whole three-hour flight. Mom tries everything she can think of; nothing helps. You can probably understand why the … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, blame, choosing influences, choosing thoughts
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Reality Check: The Actions of Gratitude
Gratitude helps. When we shift our outlook to one of gratitude, that shift may also help to move us toward a more satisfying, and indeed, a more grateful life. Adopting an “attitude of gratitude” also helps to make life more … Continue reading
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Reality Check: A Strength of Less-Social Folks
Do you ever deliberately seek out information that you think you’ll disagree with? If so, why? One reason could be curiosity: to see what “the other side” is thinking. Another reason could be to try to reduce the effect of … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, comparing with others, responsibility
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Reality Check: The Stories We Tell
When you roll out of bed in the morning, do you tell yourself, “Today is going to be an amazing day!”? Or is your first thought closer to, “Ugghh. I don’t know how I’m going to get through this day.” … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing influences, choosing thoughts, encouragement, perception, reality
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Reality Check: Why Not Ask?
“I’m not going to bother asking because I know what I’ll hear.” Have you ever held back from making a request using that reasoning? For example, “I won’t bother to ask for a refund because I know it will be … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, confidence, perception
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