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Reality Check: What’s your predisposition?
“Sally said my hair looked nice today. Can you believe that!” Did Sally pay me a compliment? Or was that a subtle insult, implying that she noticed an improvement over those many non-nice hair days? Was Sally being sarcastic? Or … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, confidence, filters, perception
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Reality Check: It wasn’t what I expected
The other day, I was giving a presentation in an unfamiliar room using an unfamiliar computer. For some reason, my presentation wasn’t working quite right. While it looked more or less the way it should, the system wasn’t responding as … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged filters, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Out of the Ashes
When good things happen, when our needs and expectations are being met, it doesn’t take a lot of effort to feel satisfied and happy. However, when bad things happen, we’re given the delightful and very useful gift of an opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged gratitude, improving relationships, learning, perception
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Reality Check: Happiness and Self-Responsibility
Self-responsibility. In some circles, it’s practically a dirty word. It seems that a cold and frightening picture comes to mind for some folks when they hear that there’s a move afoot to promote self-reliance as a useful skill. It’s as … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged blame, choosing actions, motivation, offering information, perception
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Reality Check: Your Happiness and Other People’s Stuff
An application of choice theory called WDEP starts with, “What do you want?” Different people want different things. Taking the time to first identify what you want helps you choose what actions to take to get it. “What you want” … Continue reading
Posted in Satisfaction
Tagged comparing with others, examining wants, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: The Happiness of Eliminating Options
Keeping our options open is often perceived as positive. “What are you doing for vacation?” “I’m keeping my options open.” Or, “Have you decided who you will marry?” “No, I’m keeping my options open.” There’s a delightful sense of freedom … Continue reading
Posted in Control and Choice
Tagged anxiety, freedom, making choices, perception
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Reality Check: Optimism or Entitlement?
Which do you think leads to a happier, more satisfied life: Expecting that life will be easy and becoming disappointed when you learn that it’s difficult? Or expecting life to be hard and being pleasantly surprised when some things work … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: Barriers to Happiness
To start this New Year, I’m choosing to focus on happiness. For some time now, I’ve been interested in the question of why some people are happy while others are not. As I’ve studied this question, I’ve found books, articles, … Continue reading
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Tagged examining wants, guilt, happiness, perception
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Reality Check: Memories can be Beautiful
I feel a chill whenever I hear of someone being prosecuted for a crime that’s said to have happened many, many years ago. It’s particularly disquieting when the prosecution is not based on physical evidence but rather, based solely on … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, perception
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