Posts tagged with 'goals'
A project to change long-term interpersonal patterns: building & maintaining commitment
8th April 2015
"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was but vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." T. E. Lawrence Our lives …
Most people agree on the healthy key values they want to live by and this is real grounds for hope
14th December 2014
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men." Confucius I've long been a fan of Professor Tim Kasser's work. He published his fine first book "The high price of materialism" back in 2002 - see this good 5 minute YouTube video to get a sense …
Practising "doing": autonomy, values and "driving the bus"
27th September 2014
"When I get to heaven, they will not ask me 'Why were you not Moses?' Instead they will ask 'Why were you not Susya? Why did you not become what only you could become?'" Susya, a Hasidic rabbi. Earlier this week I wrote a blog post on "Practising 'being'" about …
Update on website traffic: my own favourite top 15 (11-15) - exercise, lifestyle, writing, goal setting & positive psychology
7th August 2012
Earlier this year I used Google Analytics to identify the most read pages on this website and I wrote the post "Update on website traffic: the ten most popular blog posts". I then wondered - "What are my own personal favourites?" and I quickly realised that the posts that I've …
Commitment contracts: they really can help us achieve personally difficult goals
22nd July 2012
Four months ago I wrote a post entitled "Commitment contracts: another good way of helping us reach our goals" where I introduced some of the recent research on how helpful making a "commitment contract" can be when we're trying to attain particularly challenging personal goals. I mentioned the website www.stickK.com …
Power objects, power postures, power clothes, power prayers: all ways to facilitate change (2nd post)
21st July 2012
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" Thomas Edison In yesterday's post - "Power objects, power postures, power clothes, power prayers: all ways to facilitate change (1st post)" - I introduced recent research highlighting how we can use physical objects and …
Power objects, power postures, power clothes, power prayers: all ways to facilitate change (1st post)
20th July 2012
"I will love you like a wind, like a man stitching a skin together like a winter coat. Like a man sitting in meditation and repairing a cracking spirit. Like a man in love with a leaf, a cloud, a flame, a temple. Like a man on fire running in …
Purpose in life: clarifying future goals & the challenges we will face in achieving them (for individuals, couples & groups)
18th July 2012
(This post on purpose in life: clarifying future goals & the challenges we will face in achieving them, and yesterday's on purpose in life: reconnecting to meaning & values, have been combined into a handout that is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file) "Those who …
Purpose in life: reconnecting to meaning & values
17th July 2012
(This post on purpose in life: reconnecting to meaning & values, and tomorrow's on purpose in life: clarifying future goals & the challenges we will face in achieving them, have been combined into a handout that is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I have …
Purpose in life: how do you score on the questionnaire & why does it matter?
16th July 2012
"When I get to heaven, God will not ask ‘Why were you not Moses?'. He will ask ‘Why were you not Susya? Why did you not become what only you could become?'" Susya, a Hasidic rabbi (This post on purpose in life questionnaires and the previous one on the importance …