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Reality Check: The Benefit of Mistakes
“Oops! I made a mistake.” Is there anyone out there who genuinely believes that they’ve never made a mistake? If that’s you, then I guess you can stop reading now. This column is for the rest of us—the mere mortals. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Freedom
Tagged blame, choosing thoughts, learning, making choices
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Reality Check: A Morning Outlook
How’s your morning outlook? Sunny and bright? Cold and dreary? Maybe it’s unsettled; you’ll wait to see how the day goes. These outlooks could be describing the weather forecast, but our internal outlook is more interesting. What control do we … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, discouragement, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: What We Measure
Some things we can influence; many others we can’t. It can be surprisingly difficult to accurately identify where we have influence and where there is simply nothing we can do. If you’ve been reading these columns regularly, then you know … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, discouragement, perception
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Reality Check: Spinning Our Wheels
One of the rare Choice Theory-related books that I don’t have is entitled Stop Spinning Your Wheels. As I thought I might indulge in a gift to myself, I went browsing for it. That browsing reminded me that the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing thoughts, discouragement, persistence, 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
Posted in Choosing Perspective
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
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, happiness, perception, unhappiness
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Reality Check: The Trade-offs We Choose
In case your mind feels like it’s still on holiday, here’s a little scenario to spark your imagination. You are going down a hallway behind a person on crutches. They are proceeding hesitantly; giving you the impression that the crutches … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, making choices, perception
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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: To Make a Difference
We’re in to a New Year! But before we leave Christmas 2020 behind, let’s remember the classic Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s an oldie, yet the message is still worthwhile. George Bailey gets to see the difference he … Continue reading
Posted in Satisfaction
Tagged "should", choosing actions, choosing influences, choosing thoughts, comparing with others, perception
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