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Reality Check: An Anxiety Alternative
If we choose to worry, there’s plenty to worry about. Thanks to the mixed blessing of access to information from all over the world, we can worry about things that we have absolutely no control over and that may never … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing actions, choosing thoughts, worry
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Reality Check: If you can’t get out of work….
Work; if you can’t get out of it, you may as well get in to it. Recently, I’ve focused on unhappiness at work. My suggestions come from the general principle that if you want change, you can either change your … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, making choices, perception, work
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Reality Check: What’s your predisposition?
“Sally said my hair looked nice today. Can you believe that!” Did Sally pay me a compliment? Or was that a subtle insult, implying that she noticed an improvement over those many non-nice hair days? Was Sally being sarcastic? Or … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, confidence, filters, perception
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Reality Check: Aged and Happy
If we are fortunate, we grow old. If we are happy and satisfied as we grow old, we are very fortunate indeed. What contributes to being happy as we grow older? In recent columns, I’ve concentrated on practices suggested by … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, happiness, making choices
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Reality Check: Optimism or Entitlement?
Which do you think leads to a happier, more satisfied life: Expecting that life will be easy and becoming disappointed when you learn that it’s difficult? Or expecting life to be hard and being pleasantly surprised when some things work … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: Memories can be Beautiful
I feel a chill whenever I hear of someone being prosecuted for a crime that’s said to have happened many, many years ago. It’s particularly disquieting when the prosecution is not based on physical evidence but rather, based solely on … Continue reading
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Reality Check: The Purpose of Difficulty?
At some point in your life, you will probably go through a difficult patch. Perhaps you perceive that you have had more than your share of difficulties already. Maybe you’ve witnessed someone whose life seems to be filled with one … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, discouragement, perception
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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
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged blame, choosing actions, choosing thoughts, gratitude, perception
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Reality Check: The Shamrock Plant
On a special occasion years ago, my Aunt Kathleen gifted me with a shamrock plant. For years, I’d admired hers. It flourished beautifully and was always in bloom. Now, I had my own! My plant, however, isn’t quite so consistent … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, internal & external control, perception
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