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Reality Check: Here’s to a Satisfying Holiday
For some folks, the prospect of holidays and the expectations that come with them can evoke feelings that are closer to dread than joy. And if our perception is that others effortlessly produce perfect food, gifts, and parties while surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged "should", examining wants, need satisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: Love is a Verb
How we use our words can shape our thoughts and attitudes. Love is many-splendored indeed, and we use the word “love” in many ways. Anna says, “I’m not in love with my husband anymore. We used to be in love, … Continue reading
Posted in Love & Belonging
Tagged choosing actions, improving relationships, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: The People Business
Are you in the “people business”? Almost certainly, the answer is… yes! In their book, Have a Nice Conflict, Scudder, Patterson, and Mitchell assert that everyone is in the people business. There’s nary a line of work where people aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged conflict, improving relationships, need satisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: Esteem Essentials
Can you raise someone’s self-esteem? Perhaps more to the point, can you (or anyone) lower someone’s self-esteem? The choice theory view is that we can’t make anyone (other than ourselves) happy, sad, angry, or anything else; each of us does … Continue reading
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Tagged "should", fairness, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: The Happiness Choice
The William Glasser organization just launched a website called Mental Health & Happiness at www.mentalhealthandhappiness.com Associating mental health with happiness may not make sense if your picture of happiness is giddy laughter, personal indulgence, or fantastic luck. If so, you … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Freedom
Tagged choosing actions, happiness, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Apologies, Demands, and Power
An apology is often an effective response when someone has been wronged. Yet, there are also unsatisfying apology scenarios where someone—the victim, the offender, or both—walk away feeling, well…unsatisfied. You know something is still not OK, even if you can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged "should", conflict, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Safety at Work
Last post, I suggested that one of the “wants” identified by the Laasers in their book, “The Seven Desires of Every Heart” applies to the workplace. That’s the desire each of us has to be heard and understood. Another of … Continue reading
Posted in Workplace
Tagged anxiety, need satisfaction, worry
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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
Posted in Workplace
Tagged examining wants, need satisfaction, offering information
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Reality Check: The Fight That Never Happens
Does the tension and stress in your life contribute to your physical health? Likely so. Is there anything that you can do about it? That’s the big question, isn’t it?
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged dissatisfaction, need satisfaction, total behaviour
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Reality Check: Compatibility and need profiles
Last post, I suggested that it can be interesting and helpful to understand your need strength profile. That is, rate how strong each of these five basic needs are for you: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. What … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged improving relationships, need satisfaction
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