Stop. Question that thought. My client Shania is a successful project manager and she loves her job. One morning she woke up with a high fever and nausea. “I can’t cancel my appointments. I don’t want to inconvenience my clients. I’m not that sick. I’m exaggerating how badly I feel.” Her thoughts continued. “You’re going […]
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Perspective. 1. I am a single grain of sand on a vast beach. The Colorado River provides water and energy to nearly 40 million people from Texas to LA. The Grand Canyon’s intact geologic strata dates back more than 1.8 billion years, with many intervening periods of geologic history represented in its cliffs and slopes.
Show off your buff muscles! Character strengths provide the way for developing all other strengths. There are five different types of strengths: Strengths of talent—your innate abilities Strengths of interest—what you like to do Strengths of skill—proficiencies you develop Strengths of resources—external supports Strengths of character—attributes, an aggregate of who you are; what’s inside of
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Win before you begin. Successful people: ~Step out of their comfort zone ~Ask for and accept help ~Make lots of mistakes ~Keep going ~Eliminate distractions and excuses ~Exercise their greatest power—choice ~They also put fail measures in place. What are fail measures? Successful people anticipate the ways they may fail and put systems in place
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Eliminate unrealistic expectations. Everyone experiences racing thoughts. These are fast-moving and repetitive thought patterns that can lead to overwhelm, sleeplessness, and burnout. One of the causes of racing thoughts is having super-human expectations of what can be accomplished in a day. Reality Check # of hours in a day = 24 # of hours of
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