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Reality Check: Engagement as an Employability Skill
Skills such as getting along with others, overcoming shyness, and developing a willingness to learn can help us get and keep employment. I’ve been referring to these as “employability skills.” Even if you don’t care deeply about your workplace, such … Continue reading →
Posted in Workplace
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Tagged choosing thoughts, dissatisfaction, examining options, happiness
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Reality Check: Do I want to be excused?
May I be excused? A more effective question is, “Do I want to be excused?” Taking it one step further, “Do I want to make excuses for myself?” What is the purpose of an excuse? It provides a way of … Continue reading →
Posted in Relationships
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Tagged blame, choosing actions, examining options, making choices
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Reality Check: Adversity: Can Thinking Help?
Nothing’s really bad or good, but thinking makes it so. Did Shakespeare get it right? Sooner or later, most of us face adversity. For some types of adversity, we have control over whether the result is a huge disruption or … Continue reading →
Posted in Doing, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
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Tagged choosing thoughts, examining options, perception
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Reality Check: Power and Embarrassment
Fear of embarrassment is powerful. Some folks will do almost anything to avoid feeling embarrassed. Why? According to choice theory, among the basic needs that we all share is a need for power; that is, to be respected and valued. … Continue reading →
Posted in Workplace
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Tagged basic needs, examining options, offering information
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Reality Check: Power in Retirement
Among other needs, Dr. Wm. Glasser asserts that we all have a basic need for power. Before you get too excited and protest that you have no such need, let’s explore what that power need might look like. If you … Continue reading →
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Tagged basic needs, examining options, examining wants
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Reality Check: Retirement Planning
Retirement planning is often associated with money. You already know that money isn’t everything, so let’s try looking at retirement planning from a choice theory perspective. According to choice theory, we all have a set of basic needs: survival, love … Continue reading →
Posted in Love & Belonging
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Tagged examining options, examining wants, happiness
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Reality check: Forgetfulness Choices
When we met to catch up, my friend realized that she had forgotten to bring her pictures. Discussing those pictures was the main reason for our get-together. But we didn’t have them and it wasn’t practical to go get them. … Continue reading →
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
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Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, examining options, perception
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Reality Check: Truth or Kindness?
Here’s a quandary for you. Martin and Maria are happily married and devoted to each other. Maria has a cat, Fluffy. Fluffy was Maria’s mother’s companion, and since Maria’s mom passed away, Fluffy has become even more precious to Maria. … Continue reading →
Posted in Helping Others
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Tagged "should", examining options, improving relationships
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Reality Check: More Choice Language
The language we use can both reflect and shape our attitudes. While “choice language” usually refers to something a little spicier, in this column, choice language refers to words and phrases that reflect our choices and our areas of control. … Continue reading →
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, examining options
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Reality Check: Entertaining Options
Are there actions in your life that you do mindlessly? For example, when you sit down to watch TV, do you choose the program? Or do you sit in front of whatever happens to be on, perhaps complaining (verbally or … Continue reading →
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Tagged choosing actions, examining options, self-evaluation
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