When was the last time you didn’t plan your day? When you didn’t wake up thinking ‘OK, first I’m going to do this, then I’m going to do that and then I have to remember to do the other thing by this time otherwise…’ With all that doing, there’s very little time for us to [...]
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Of course there aren’t reallyany rules, this is a post written purely from personal experience. You’ll find quotes all over the web telling you what personal development and self-awareness is, isn’t and ought to be. But as meta-Ralph says: “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson OK, here goes… 1. Know [...]
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In yesterday’s post, I talked about adversity (that thing we call those times when the chips are down). In retrospect, I was far too nice to adversity. In the world-according-to-my-post, adversity is something that just glides by, that we float through in the knowledge that there will be nice things like kittens and rainbows on [...]
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In the last post, I talked about substituting self-destructive managing patterns for self-caring behaviours (in other words, everytime you feel down, go out and hug a puppy). In a perfect world, we’d all be able to make the switch with very little effort. After all, it’s just a question of remembering, right? The problem is, [...]
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There’s a programme on the radio this morning about unemployment and incapacity benefit. Many people are calling in saying they are trapped. Being unemployed, they can claim mortgage insurance and benefits, which actually allow them a better lifestyle than an entry level job would. Although they would earn more with a job, they would also [...]
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It may come as a surprise to learn I’ve always believed in fairies. …Not really, I got over that phase ages ago (last week). But there’s a lot of other woo-woo stuff I do believe from time to time. Like: I don’t work hard enough I can’t focu… ooh, shiny I’m disorganised Spiders are the [...]
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*Thanks to Jake for this great idea!* In his book ‘How I found Freedom in an Unfree World’, Harry Browne describes a time when he decided to get out of debt: ‘At the time I was doing miscellaneous sales jobs for several different companies. I went to the manager of one of the companies and [...]
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In the previous post, we learnt about the parent, the adult and the child. These are all parts inside us – the voices in our heads. So how does this affect our interactions? TA breaks human interactions into two categories. Complementary transactions happen when both parties are communicating with the same part, e.g. adult to [...]
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There’s something about this song that really captures joyfulness. Apparently it’s written about childhood memories of winter but I love the sense of freedom and inhibition that the harmonies and arrangement manage to express. The title means ‘jumping into puddles’. Enjoy
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In this great article by Dr Todd Kashdan, he gives several exercises and tips to help readers improve their curiosity levels. There’s also a nifty little explanation of how curiosity is beneficial to different aspects of our lives. But why? Didn’t we always hear that curiosity killed the cat? And that’s got to mean that [...]
Tags:Curiosity·Inspiration·personal development·positive psychology·True self
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