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Reality Check: Legacy and Contribution
What comes to your mind when you hear the words, “leaving a legacy”? Legacy is often interpreted as a monetary gift, but for Stephen Covey, the concept of legacy is broader than money. Covey, famous for “The 7 Habits of … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing actions, choosing influences, encouragement, gratitude, learning
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Reality Check: For the Fun of It
Are you serious about having fun? Or do you consider fun to be frivolous? Do you treat fun like dessert, saving it for after all the serious business has been handled? Then, if there’s time, maybe you’ll have the opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Needs
Tagged basic needs, fun, learning, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Opinions, Beliefs, and Relationships
Do you base your opinions on facts? Science? Data? Common Sense? Of course you do. So do I. So, how can it be that we have different opinions about important things? It’s easy enough to accept that we have different … Continue reading
Posted in Develop Understanding
Tagged choosing thoughts, conflict, improving relationships, learning
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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: Providing Information
“Other people can neither make us miserable nor make us happy. All we can get from them or give to them is information.” At least, that’s what Dr. Wm. Glasser says in Choice Theory. We exchange all kinds of information. … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged helpful, learning, offering information
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Reality Check: Building Purpose
Some building materials are in scarce supply at the moment. Rumour has it that’s because there are a lot of home improvement projects going on. With schedules disrupted during the pandemic, it seems like everyone and their dog is using … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, learning, need satisfaction, work
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Reality Check: Play and Learn
In Choice Theory, Dr. Glasser connects learning with the human need for fun. He described fun as the reward that we get when we learn something. Think about the joy of figuring something out for the first time. It’s delightful … Continue reading
Posted in Learning
Tagged choosing thoughts, fun, learning, motivation, perception
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Reality Check: The Challenge of Forgetfulness
Do you believe that you are forgetful? If so, do you find that troubling? Recently, I explored some research around learning and what we might do to help people retain what they’ve learned. I had looked at this research before, … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged anxiety, frustration, learning
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