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Reality Check: Perception and Schooling
Perceptions we form about ourselves during school days can influence us long after what we’ve learned at school is a dusty memory. Brandon has the perception that he can’t do math. Where did he get that? Perhaps his parents told … Continue reading
Posted in Learning
Tagged blame, discouragement, perception
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Reality Check: Understanding your need strength profile
Choice Theory proposes that every human being has the same five basic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. However, that doesn’t imply that we are identical; far from it! The strength of each of those needs contributes … Continue reading
Posted in Needs
Tagged need satisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: For a fresh start, write your “wants”
Any time is an opportunity for a fresh start. We could work on improving our lives and relationships continuously, all year long. Just because we could, though, doesn’t mean that we do! However, when a new year rolls around, it … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged examining wants, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Our label makers
Putting labels on things can be a very effective organizational activity. Whether you are looking for the cookies or the Robertson head screws, it will be easier to find them if the containers are labeled. Labeling can be a great … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged improving relationships, perception
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Reality Check: Turning Work from Torment to Tolerable
When asked about her work, Billie used to say, “Every day is torment, pure and simple.” But not anymore. What changed? As Billie puts it, “I had a little conversation with myself.” So, what was the problem? And how did … Continue reading
Posted in Workplace
Tagged choosing thoughts, dissatisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: To be belittled, or not to be…
When Sonja met Harry, she found a man who seemed almost too good to be true. Kind and generous, Harry was genuinely concerned about Sonja’s welfare. And unlike Sonja’s previous relationship, Harry demanded no changes on her part. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged choosing actions, dissatisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: Facebook Envy?
Progress has given us enhanced opportunities to connect with each other. Whereas a phone call could be perceived as an interruption, email (much like an old-fashioned letter!) can be read at leisure. Social networks, such as facebook, contribute another interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged dissatisfaction, need satisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: Does thinking make it so?
“.. for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” Shakespeare’s famous line elegantly expresses that different people perceive things in different ways. In this case, Hamlet expressed that he perceived Denmark as a prison; others … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged choosing thoughts, need satisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: Speak up or stand down?
We each have our special qualities, yet groups of us share characteristics, such as whether one is an introvert or extravert. In her book, “Gifts Differing,” Isabel Briggs Myers states that there are more extraverts than introverts, with extraverts being … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged choosing actions, improving relationships, perception
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