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Reality Check: Where Will I Put My Attention Today?
My former colleague Jim had to attend a company meeting in New Brunswick with a few other employees. They drove out in early morning, allowing plenty of time for arrival. About half-way, they switched drivers; Jim took the wheel. Jim … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, making choices
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Reality Check: Choosing Our Response
Let’s go for a drive together. (Unfortunately, this drive will have to be in our imaginations, but we can pretend it’s as much fun as the real thing.) We’ll set out on a leisurely trip. There’s nowhere that we have … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged anxiety, freedom, frustration, making choices
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Reality Check: Those Conflicts Within Us
It’s not rare to have a conflict with another person. Some serious conflicts have no apparent solution; others could likely be resolved if we put our minds to it and strive toward cooperation. But what about conflicts that don’t involve … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged comparing with others, examining wants, making choices
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Reality Check: The Rock and the Hard Place
There may be times when we find ourselves with a conflict so profound, so unsolvable, that it truly is like being between a rock and a hard place. No matter what you do; what creative solutions you dream up, reality … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, examining wants, making choices
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Reality Check: Will You Ever Grow, Moso?
In his book, “A Set of Directions for Putting and Keeping Yourself Together,” Dr. Bob Wubbolding tells a little story about the Moso bamboo. According to Dr. Bob, it can take years of persistent care and watering of seeds before … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged basic needs, confidence, making choices, persistence
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Reality Check: Artificially Intelligent Relationships?
What if you could create your perfect wife, husband or friend? A buddy who responds in exactly the right way? You’d never hear a complaint. You’d never feel alone. You’d have a companion to make your life complete. Wouldn’t that … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged examining wants, making choices, reality
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Reality Check: What We Tell Ourselves
Do you talk to yourself? Some people have a rich inner conversation going on in their heads all the time; others have no idea what I’m referring to. That’s just another reminder of how different people are! This column is … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged "should", choosing actions, choosing thoughts, making choices, perception
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Reality Check: That First Impulse
“Follow your heart.” This phrase is on T-shirts, plaques, coffee mugs. People quote it and presumably rely on it as a guiding principle. Let’s take a look at what that might mean.
Posted in Develop Understanding
Tagged choosing actions, choosing influences, making choices, perception
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