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Reality Check: Recalculating
Year end is a fine time to think about the big questions of life, such as: Where do I want to go? How will I get there? If you’re familiar with a certain brand of GPS (I call mine Martha) … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Gift of the Long View
When her credit card bill arrived last January, Jessica came face-to-face with the reality of the shopping she’d done over the previous months. She had no idea that she had spent so much! Yet when she checked the charges, she … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged examining wants, making choices, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Reaction Rut
If you’ve ever stubbed your toe, then you’re familiar with quick physical reactions. “Ouch!” (or other words) are almost instant responses to pain; no thought required. Physical pain isn’t the only type of pain though, is it? In choice theory, … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing thoughts, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Worried about becoming my dad (or mom) syndrome?
It seems that marketers will do anything to convince us that their product is the one for us. (Sounds like I’m choosing skepticism, eh?) Just for fun, picture this as your problem: You’re trying to market a product to young … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged anxiety, confidence, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Facebook and Feelings
Some folks choose to be annoyed when they perceive that they have been treated like guinea pigs! So there was some outrage when the results of a Facebook study were recently published in a scientific journal. Here’s the gist of … Continue reading
Posted in Doing, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
Tagged choosing influences, happiness, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: A “Map” of Relationships
Responses to the column that asked, “Are you in the people business?” have encouraged me to take this “people business” a little further. If (or when) you realize that you are in the “people business,” then you might find it … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged improving relationships, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Strong, Wise, or Stubborn?
Bob’s the kind of guy who always seems to know what to do and is always ready to lend a hand. He’s strong, capable, and independent. Then, Bob had a heart attack. Did that change Bob’s life? Well, the doctors … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged happiness, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: What Three Words?
“Why so glum, Jim?” “I just got a compliment. At least, I guess that’s what it was. I did a favour for Mary, and she told me how grateful she is to have me around, that I’m always so loyal … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged choosing thoughts, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: When Evaluation Gets Personal
Last column, I offered suggestions regarding workplace evaluations and ways to prepare so as to gain some control over what can be a stressful situation. The workplace is not the only venue where we are evaluated! What’s happening when your … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged criticism, offering information, perception, self-evaluation
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