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Reality Check: Evaluation Time
Specific words can evoke strong emotions, and for some people, the word “evaluation” is one of them. What comes to your mind when you hear “evaluation”? Does it remind you of school days, of teachers constantly evaluating your work? (perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Develop Understanding
Tagged comparing with others, examining wants, making choices, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Reminisce or Ruminate?
The ability to remember is a mixed blessing, isn’t it? For example, we can look back and relive happy times with the people we love. Those pleasant memories can serve to remind us of the love and belonging that we … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: What Does It Mean to Be Supportive?
The need for support seems to surround us. Perhaps you see the struggles of friends, family, or community members. There’s also media and social media telling us difficult stories of people around the world. The challenges vary. Problems with physical … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged "should", choosing actions, helpful, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Price of a Mistake
How do you make decisions? Perhaps you use a process, such as: start by collecting information, discuss the issue with people you trust, then weigh pros and cons, and finally, based on logic and due diligence, you decide! If you … Continue reading
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Tagged making choices, responsibility, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: What We Can Learn From Our Decisions
While all of us make decisions, some of us approach decision-making with more enthusiasm than others. Some folks love having choices and no matter what they choose, seem to spend nary a second in self-doubt. Then there are the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged making choices, need satisfaction, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: How Did It Go?
It’s common practice to take stock at the end of the year. How did the past year pan out for you? Do you see that you’ve made progress since the year began? Or does it feel like you’re sliding backward, … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, gratitude, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Quest For What You Want
What do you want? Is that a question worth thinking about? Some believe it’s selfish to think about what we want. Others see it as futile; if you believe you can’t get what you want, why bother asking? Yet “wants” … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, comparing with others, examining wants, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: For the Hundredth Time
Are you persistent? Or are you stubborn? It takes wisdom to tell the difference between that positive attribute (persistence) and the negative one (stubbornness, also known as pig-headedness!) Let’s say we’re trying something new: perhaps it’s poetry-writing, cabinet-making, or Spanish-speaking. … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing thoughts, discouragement, persistence, priorities, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Past and Future Worries
“One trip through the misery is more than enough for most people.” That’s a quote from Dr. Wm. Glasser where he discusses the value—or lack of value—of dwelling on past miseries. The past is over. We can’t change what we … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, discouragement, perception, self-evaluation, worry
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