Tag: catch
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That Impulse to Help
At least once today, we each will see someone with a need that we can very easily fill. We will know instantly what they need and what we should do. It will be something on the order of a small kindness: a smile, an encouragement, a caution, an answer, a small favor, an acknowledgement. But […]
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I Suck at…
…is always a self-fulfilling prophecy. Let’s catch and replace thoughts like this with thoughts like, “I may not know how to do this yet, but I can learn. I can get started with what I know and g(r)o(w) from there.” Here’s to working our inner games and helping others do the same. In your…
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Whenever You Need It
Whenever you are feeling bad, tense, angry etc. about anything at work or home, remember these immortal words: When we are feeling bad our only job is to catch it and find a way to feel better. In your corner, Mike PS: You know, sometimes just celebrating our…
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How to Change the Wearying Work World
Work can get wearisome. Every day, we face ineffective, short-term, and unkind things in our work lives. When we witness or partake in any approach, assumption, norm, belief, thought, or action that feels bad, we drain our batteries. These things have been going on for ages. It’s as if we have inherited a wearying work…
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3 Ways to Un-Inherit the Criticism Habit
In the past two posts we’ve covered The massive avoidable waste caused by criticism, finding fault, focusing on incompetence, and The inner shift that lets you deal with problems without sinking into criticism. As many have pointed out, describing this problem and solution are the easy part. The hard part is putting these good ideas…