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Reality Check: Productive Uses of Time
For many of us, regular routines have been disrupted. It looks like the disruption may go on for quite some time, too. It’s disconcerting when we can’t go about business as usual. The coffee shop is off limits, so folks … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, perception, priorities
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Reality Check: Reflections from the Storm
In these posts, I’ve often mentioned power as one of our basic needs. The power I refer to is the need to feel that we are recognized and have value. However, when we had “a bit of a blow” here … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, gratitude, power, priorities
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Reality Check: The Joy:Cost Ratio
There’s a little guy who occasionally passes by my office door. Whenever he does, he exclaims, “I’ve got my thinking cat on!” It’s adorable. No matter how busy or stressed or distracted I am, I get pure joy for those … Continue reading
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Tagged fun, happiness, perception, priorities
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Reality Check: Building a Relationship – Deliberately
We might take the building of relationships for granted. Relationships just happen—we meet someone; we hit it off for whatever reason, and we have a relationship! To be clear, I’m not referring to romantic relationships here. I’m talking about the … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, helpful, improving relationships, priorities
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Reality Check: Setting the Tone
The other day, we were reminiscing about Barry. If Barry asked you to do something, you would do it, even if it was inconvenient. Barry is just the kind of guy that you want to help out. As we were … Continue reading
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Tagged helpful, improving relationships, priorities, work
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Reality Check: The paradoxical freedom of structure
If you’re like a lot of us, you don’t appreciate it when someone tells you what you should do. Some of us take that distaste for being “told” even further. We’ll keep our options open, even to the point where … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, freedom, making choices, priorities
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Reality Check: The Accountability of Writing it Down
At the beginning of the year, Glasser Canada made an offer to its members. If a member provided a couple of New Year’s resolutions appropriate for display on the Glasser website, they would get 10 bucks off their next purchase. … Continue reading
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Tagged perception, priorities, reality, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: A Chosen New Year
You’re only one person, but I know that you play many roles. You may be a mother or a father. You may be a partner in a relationship. Each of us is, or has been, someone’s child. You may identify … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, internal & external control, priorities
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