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New Year Resolutions? Take a Leap of Faith…

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Forget elusive new year resolutions I have always counted myself among the large number of people who make resolutions to better themselves around this time of year. I’ve always known, of course, that the rate at which these so-called “new year resolutions” fail is high. Yet somehow I believed I would beat the odds and achieve all those elusive goals. …

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Charms and Dangers of Procrastination

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The big ‘P’ It happens to all of us to some extent… we succumb to the charms and dangers of procrastination. We defer doing those things that we know we must do yet for some reason don’t want to do. The reason may be easier or harder to understand. It may be that we dislike the activity, or are afraid …

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Fear of Vulnerability?

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The superhero-model For a long time, I associated very negative connotations to the word vulnerability. I defined being vulnerable as exposing myself to possible emotional harm. The potential consequences of being vulnerable included rejection, ridicule, and various symptoms of undesirable public attention. I had a true fear of vulnerability. I imagine many people have felt this way at some stage. …

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Power of Adaptability

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The ongoing pandemic has highlighted many things, including how adaptable humans actually are. Just think of it: a few months ago, many of us went to work at an office, saw our children off to school in the morning, lived as much as we wanted to outdoors, and actually interacted face-to-face with people beyond our immediate family. How would you …

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Focusing Your Mind

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The illusion of multitasking Multitasking is a common buzzword in the corporate world. It is something you are expected to do and you expect others to do. Focusing your mind usually isn’t. The idea being of course that by working on dozens of things at the same time you will complete them all more quickly. I was a believer in …