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Reality Check: What you see is…what you look for?
Last post, my focus was, “What you see is what you get.” This time, I’m looking at the connection between what we look for and what we see. You’ve almost certainly experienced this connection. For example, if you walk a … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, gratitude, perception
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Reality Check: The Happiness Benefit
Does happiness benefit happy people? Or is it the benefits that happy people have that cause their happiness? It’s the happiness version of the chicken and egg question; which comes first: the happiness or the benefits? For example, a happy … Continue reading
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Tagged "should", gratitude, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: Look Back, What Do You See?
As we approach the end of another year, many of us like to take stock. Part of taking stock involves looking back over the past year or over many past years, to assess where we’ve been and where we are … Continue reading
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Tagged discouragement, encouragement, gratitude, perception
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Reality Check: The Gift of Recognition
When you flip through the flyers, watch TV, or even read a newspaper at this time of year, you’ll see gift suggestions. There’s lots of opportunity to show that you care by buying something. As I was pondering gift-shopping, some … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged encouragement, gratitude, happiness, helpful, offering information
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Reality Check: The Minute of Kindness
One of the email addresses that I’m responsible for is similar to that of an organization far, far away. So, sometimes I receive email that was intended for someone else. Occasionally, it’s obvious that a message is important to the … Continue reading
Posted in Control and Choice
Tagged gratitude, helpful, making choices
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Reality Check: Finding the Joy
There is a woodchuck in my life. He lives close enough so I see him when he emerges from his den to sprawl on his rock in the sun. He’s far enough away, and much too wary of me, to … Continue reading
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Tagged gratitude, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: Influencers, Helpers, and Heroes
We may never know the effect of extending a small kindness. In fact, we could perform a genuinely heroic act and never learn the result. We may not even know whether anyone noticed. Being helpful and kind is more satisfying … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged choosing actions, confidence, encouragement, gratitude
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Reality Check: Come by Chance
A tool that is often suggested to help us be happier and more satisfied is the practice of gratitude. You’ve seen it recommended here and probably elsewhere, too. It is, indeed, well and good to be grateful, count our blessings, … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, gratitude, internal & external control, perception
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Reality Check: Gratitude, Expectation, and Entitlement
“A whole dollar and seventy-six cents! What an insult! I should tell them to take their money and let them know right where to put it, too!” Whether you work for an hourly wage or a salary, receive a pension … Continue reading
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Tagged blame, gratitude, happiness, internal & external control
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