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Reality Check: What a Gift Can Do
Gift-giving occasions are so common that they can seem like an obligatory nuisance or, more cynically, a corporate effort to boost consumerism. However, a thoughtful gift can have a genuine impact. Giving a gift can show that you care. Yet … Continue reading →
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Tagged "should", basic needs, choosing actions, examining options
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Reality Check: Louder than Thoughts or Feelings
“Actions speak louder than words” is an old saying. Do you think it’s true? Many of us do. Words can be empty but actions demonstrate who we really are. Choice Theory offers an extension to that idea by suggesting that … Continue reading →
Posted in Doing, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, examining options, total behaviour
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Reality Check: The Reality of Tradeoffs
Choices often require tradeoffs—we give up one thing to have another. We do this so frequently that we’re often not aware of it. For example, if you’ve driven around today, then you made a tradeoff. You traded off the safety … Continue reading →
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Tagged choosing actions, examining options, making choices
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Reality Check: How Can I Make This Work?
Let’s say you have a challenge in your life. Most of us do at some point; oftentimes, we have multiple challenges at the same time. But for the sake of simplicity, let’s say we have just one challenge. I’ll use … Continue reading →
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Reality Check: When the Choice Isn’t Clear
How do you make decisions? We’re influenced by experience, preferences, perhaps trustworthy advice. And there are emotions, too. When we’re feeling fearful, angry or resentful, we likely won’t make the same decisions as when we are brimming with confidence, love, … Continue reading →
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Tagged choosing actions, conflict, examining options, making choices
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Reality Check: Distinguishing Events from Responses
“The pandemic affected almost every aspect of our lives.” Like you, I’ve heard statements similar to that over recent years. It’s been said both in casual conversations and in media. This time, for some reason, it struck me as being … Continue reading →
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Tagged anxiety, blame, choosing influences, examining options, making choices
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Reality Check: Step by Step
Different people like different things. One clear example is in food preparation. Some people love recipes; others hate recipes. Some of us like to follow procedures; others don’t. If you like procedures, then you might like Dr. Bob Wubbolding’s four-step … Continue reading →
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Reality Check: Running for the Roses
It’s extraordinary when a little guy—an outsider—unexpectedly wins a big event. This year’s Kentucky Derby was notable for exactly that: a huge 80-1 win by Rich Strike, a horse that just the day before didn’t look like he was going … Continue reading →
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, examining options, persistence
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Reality Check: The Joy and the Sadness of Special Events
It’s been customary to mark special occurrences in our lives with events. We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, graduations and other happy occasions. We also mark sad, difficult events with funerals and memorials. So much has changed in just a few … Continue reading →
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Reality Check: Other People’s Choices
We make decisions—big and small—throughout our lives. Ideally, we would weigh pros and cons and choose the perfect win-win solution. Reality, however, often presents us with situations that offer no perfect option, yet we must still decide! If you’ve been … Continue reading →
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Tagged basic needs, examining options, making choices, need satisfaction
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