benefits of part time optimism

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Benefits of Part-Time Optimism

What is “part-time” optimism? It is a variation on realistic optimism, the concept that while optimism is generally beneficial there are definitely

take a deep breath stretch

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Take a Deep Breath. Stretch.

Breathing is one of the most under-noticed, under-rated body functions. Yet there is a lot of power in controlling it. “Take a

what is your coping mechanism

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What is Your Coping Mechanism?

How do you handle stress? What do you do when it all piles up and you need to relax, kick back, escape,

Water drops into a pond creating a ripple effect

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No Individual Raindrop Takes Responsibility But the Flood Still Happens

Occasionally I hear someone lambasting politicians for pandering* to the masses in order to be re-elected, or bemoaning the lack of community

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False Gods: Worshiping Numbers

We live in a society where we are inundated with data, where numbers and statistics are thrown at us constantly. In part

dont let other side rent space in your head

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Don’t Let the Other Side Rent Space in Your Head: Winning the Mental Game

I’ve been playing racquetball regularly for more than 30 years and over that time I’ve played a lot of people. One of

its dumb to give away happiness

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It’s DUMB to Give Away Your Happiness

Be wary of handing your choices over to others. How many times have we said, “They” make me so angry? Or “They”

I & R

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Use Your “I & R”

Use your “I & R,” your initiative and resourcefulness.* Initiative: An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins. Resourcefulness:

obstacles of own creation

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Obstacles of Our Own Creation

How many of the problems you face today did you have a hand in creating yesterday? Do you engage in any self-sabotaging

does screaming improve behavior

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Does Screaming Improve Behavior? An Error in Intuition

In the mid-1960s, Daniel Kahneman, a future Nobel Prize winner in 2002 for Economics, lectured to a group of Israeli air force

obliquity

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“Obliquity”: The Long Way Around May Be The Best

The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but it may not be the fastest way or the best

we change when we want to

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We Change When We Want To

We change when we want to. The catalyst can be whatever we want it to be. I’m fascinated by human beings, what