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Reality Check: When Something Stinks
With delicate precision, the grandkids smeared stinky cheese into Grandpa’s moustache while he snoozed. Grandpa awakes, it stinks! No matter where he goes, everything stinks. The whole world stinks! It can be surprisingly hard to tell whether it’s the whole … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, examining wants, perception
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Reality Check: The Value of Reducing Waste
Last column, I suggested that being aware of your values can help you make choices that lead you toward the life that you want. We looked at the value of persistence; now let’s look at the value of “reducing waste.” … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Other Toxin
If you pay attention to health-related matters, then you’ve heard of toxins. Whether in air, food, or water, toxins are often suspected of causing disease. There’s another toxin that can have a significant impact on one’s life: the toxic relationship! … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged examining wants, freedom, improving relationships
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Reality Check: You want what at work?
Some folks view work as a way to find fulfillment and purpose in life. Perhaps your view is less lofty; you may see work as just a way to put food on the table. Either way, a quality-minded employer will … Continue reading
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Tagged examining wants, need satisfaction, offering information
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Reality Check: Forge on
Have you ever felt that events you can’t control are conspiring against you? If so, you might feel like pulling the covers over your head and crying, “Why me?” It can be tempting to believe that we have no choice … Continue reading
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Tagged discouragement, examining wants, unhappiness
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Reality Check: The Goal
One term that’s used in goal setting is the BHAG—that stands for the Big Hairy Audacious Goal. (No, I’m not making this up.) Even if your goals are neither hairy nor audacious, the principle of setting goals and maintaining awareness … Continue reading
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Reality Check: For a fresh start, write your “wants”
Any time is an opportunity for a fresh start. We could work on improving our lives and relationships continuously, all year long. Just because we could, though, doesn’t mean that we do! However, when a new year rolls around, it … Continue reading
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Reality Check: What’s wanted in workplaces?
Work and workplace discussions tend to draw out strong opinions. When you consider the numbers of employees who feel poorly treated, employers who feel that their workers don’t care, not to mention the workers who torment their fellow workers, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged examining wants, need satisfaction, unhappiness
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Reality Check: Windfall, Blessing or Burden?
Sophia has always wanted to be wealthy. Acquaintances might think that she had a comfortable life, but in Sophia’s mind, money was a constant challenge. She was certain that her life and her outlook would be completely different, if only … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, examining wants, unhappiness
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Reality Check: Possibilities and Potential
Lauren has a dream, and she’s talked about this dream for years. When she’s asked what she does, Lauren replies without hesitation: “My dream is to open a home for challenged youth.” People who know and love Lauren encourage her … Continue reading
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Tagged discouragement, examining wants, perception
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