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Reality Check: The Helping Professions
Many people have a genuine wish to be helpful; that is, to take actions that are of service to others. Wanting to help is a fine aspiration. To be of service benefits both the helper and those who are helped. … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, helpful, reality, work
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Reality Check: An Attitude About Forgetting
Last post, I used a personal example to discuss the challenge of forgetfulness. I had devoted considerable time learning how to use a piece of software. But by the time I needed to use that knowledge, it seemed that all … Continue reading
Posted in Learning
Tagged "should", choosing actions, choosing thoughts, frustration, reality
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Reality Check: Helpful Habits
What are your habits? What actions have you practiced so much that they are now a regular, perhaps even a mindless, part of life? Some habits are deliberate; we’ve consciously initiated them. For example, perhaps you practice the beneficial habit … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged choosing actions, helpful, making choices, persistence
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Reality Check: What makes a difference?
Do you want to make a difference? When asked about their purpose or goals in life, many will answer with some variation of, “I want to make a difference and do something that matters.” Often, that wish is connected to … Continue reading
Posted in Satisfaction
Tagged choosing actions, helpful, need satisfaction, persistence
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Reality Check: Choices in Conflict
What does it mean to win a conflict? Does it mean that you prevailed on the issue, i.e. got your way? Does it mean that you are recognized by others as the clear victor while your opponent is humiliated? Perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, conflict, improving relationships, perception
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Reality Check: To Grow Accountability
I have many good intentions. Perhaps you do, too! Those intentions include plans for what I will do for others as well as what I need or want to do for myself. They range from lofty to mundane; from developing … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, dissatisfaction, helpful, persistence, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Structure for a Satisfying Life
The upside of dissatisfaction is that it can be a useful motivator to drive improvement. That’s grasping at straws to find a positive spin, isn’t it? Seriously though, if we had no dissatisfaction, why would we ever improve? One area … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, need satisfaction, self-evaluation
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