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What Is The End Goal?

February 11, 2009

It’s become apparent to me recently that our vocabulary is woefully inadequate.  Increasingly, I have found that essentially I am agreeing with someone, but we use words that are the polar opposite because what we mean by certain terms are very different.

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Ego Management And Integrity

February 9, 2009

I’ve noticed that after I’ve written a post it takes about two or three days before most people have had a chance to read it and comment.  Sometimes there’s comments up earlier, but I don’t like to reply to them too soon.  

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Heroes, Heroic Actions And Stress Free Living

February 5, 2009

In case you missed it, there’s been a stimulating conversation going on with regard to what makes a Hero.  Sometimes I know there’s something that will tie things together, but I just can’t see it until I get other people’s ideas to unify into an underlying concept.  

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The Only Essential Stress Reduction Technique

January 12, 2009

After reading the comments on meditation and stress I saw that I needed to make a slight clarification.  All the comments showed that people were linking up the dots and coming to this conclusion themselves, but I wanted to add a little emphasis so no-one is in any doubt as to what is needed to overcome [...]

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Meditation And Stress

January 8, 2009

I often wish that I was blessed with the ability to communicate clearly and accurately.  Unfortunately my mind jumps around much too quickly for my mouth to keep up. Likewise when I start to write just a short response, my mind jumps in with more questions and more gaps in what I have written and [...]

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Stress Management Training

December 17, 2008

After the last couple of week’s posts, I feel a little like I’m going through a Freudian Analysis.  Whilst I was writing about how I learned to cope with stress there were 5 points that jumped out at me that would be essential for someone wanting to be able to process events quickly and with [...]

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Coping With Stress

December 10, 2008

A couple of posts ago Ruth left a comment; And in many other forms people have been essentially asking the same question. It’s the question that I’ve been trying to work out myself, since I’ve realised that it doesn’t come as easily or naturally to others.

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How Did You Overcome Stress?

July 10, 2008

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment or vote on the last post. I’m glad that most people want to continue because we’re about to get to the meat of the topic. I have pretty much ready the next installment of how to process the information, but before you read that I have [...]

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Practising Happiness: Why Is It So Hard To Live What We Know?

May 23, 2008

This post about practicing happiness is the second point raised in Brian’s questions. The question of how to apply what you know. I talked a while back about the 10,000 hour principle. The idea that to become a true expert at something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s true in every area of life.

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Happiness And Political Correctness

March 26, 2008

Happiness And Political Correctness – Part 2 in a short series (Part 1 – More, doesn’t lead to happier) One reason more doesn’t make us happier, is the habituation factor. We get used to whatever level we’re at It’s like a set point on a thermostat. It’s the zone where we feel comfortable.

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