Look at the picture below and count how many colors do you see? If you did not spend a few seconds counting colors, please stop and spend 5-10 seconds looking at all the colors that you see. This article would be a lot more helpful … “Things we make up!”
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Blaming yourself for past inactions Have you been in a situation where you’ve blamed yourself for not taking some action in the past? You kick yourself for not doing something— that lack of action causing so much pain in the present moment. It happens to … “Perspective: Blaming Our Past Selves Is Just a Cop Out”
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We all get excited about projects, put effort into them and see some progress, and then get bored or distracted by something else. We either drop the thing we were partially successful at or spend less time on it to get a sense of excitement, … “Challenging Conventional Career Wisdom: Doing More Will Make Me Successful”
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Have you ever refrained from speaking up because you wanted to give a positive impression and did not want to rock the boat? I have been in such situations many times. For the sake of improving the professional relationship or not appearing confrontational, I would let … “How association between likability and agreeability keeps us stuck in our career”
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Do you ever feel frustrated in a conversation because the other person is just not listening? You are putting your point of view in the clearest and, yes you got it, most obvious way possible, and they are just not seeing it. How often does … “One simple practice to overcome impasse in conversations”
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Struggle with habit building Do you struggle with building habits? Do you keep trying, succeeding for some time, and keep falling off? For example, have you been determined to go to the gym, only to lose steam in a few weeks? Have you been determined … “Insights into Habit Building from a Computer Networking Protocol”
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I find myself stressed out many times. The world is not the way I want it to be, and that causes stress. The actual person or situation I am resisting changes on a day to day basis, but my resistance has the quality of an … “5 ways to work with stress — in one minute or less”
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Meaningful relationships are the food for our soul. But the take time and patience to develop. I have not been always good at developing deep trust and relationships, but once I started to forum such friendships sometime in my graduate school, I realized how fulfilling … “Simple and long-lasting ways to develop trust in relationships”
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When we fall short on something (not winning a match, or not getting that promotion e.g.), we feel unworthy. On repeated failures, we might start feeling we don’t deserve things. We lose our mind’s peace over those “failures”. Success is supposed to improve our self … “Putting self-worth on the line — an expensive price for a “cheap” prize”
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Does your stress level bother you? Are you stressed to a point that it is hard to focus? Small amount of stress is healthy — no stress to the system leads to fragility. But too much stress also leads to breakdown. Where is your stress … “One minute stress buster”
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