Posts tagged with 'time management'
Reviewing & planning our lives
31st December 2023
And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done Rainer Maria Rilke When I get to heaven, God will not ask “Why were you not Moses?”. He will …
European Positive Psychology conference: 1st day - a disappointing start & caution on over-selling mindfulness
29th June 2016
I'm in Angers, France at the 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology. Yesterday I went to a couple of pre-conference workshops and then attended the Opening Ceremony and the first keynote lecture. The conference venue is lovely, on the edge of Angers Botanic Gardens. It feels too that the organising …
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 …
New meta-analysis tells it like it is: television viewing damages our health
14th July 2011
A new meta-analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association tells it like it is: television viewing damages our health. The paper's title is "Television viewing and risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality" and its abstract reads: "Context: Prolonged television (TV) viewing is the most …
Friendship: science, art & gratitude
11th July 2011
(this post is downloadable as both a Word doc & as a PDF file.) About every three months I meet up with one of my oldest and dearest friends and we spend twenty four hours or so together checking in on how our lives are going and what our plans …
Building willpower: the eight pillars
10th July 2011
(this post is downloadable as both a Word doc & as a PDF file.) In the earlier post "Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - whatever word you use, it's sure important to have it" I described the extraordinary benefits achievable through increased self-control & willpower. I noted occasional downsides …
Building willpower: it's like strengthening and nourishing a muscle.
9th July 2011
(this post is downloadable as both a Word doc & as a PDF file.) "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you ..." "If" by Rudyard Kipling In yesterday's post on "Self-control ... the importance of training", I talked about …
Mental contrasting: a way to boost our commitment to goals we care about
20th February 2011
This blog post is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file. What is ‘mental contrasting'? Mental contrasting (MC) is a way of boosting our energy and commitment for goals that are important to us. It helps us turn our hopes and dreams into realities. Interestingly, and …
Implementation intentions & reaching our goals more successfully (second post)
15th March 2009
I wrote a post yesterday introducing some of the ideas and research on implementation intentions. Today I extend this in more practical how-to-do-it directions: when to use implementation intentions? Implementation intentions help us reach our goals more successfully. The companion handout "Implementation intentions background ... " gives introductory information about …
Implementation intentions & reaching our goals more successfully (first post)
14th March 2009
what are implementation intentions? "Goal intentions" involve aiming for some desired future outcome. They are of the form "I intend to attain goal X". Unfortunately we know only too well that making such intentions does not necessarily mean that we will reach our goals. As the old saying goes "There's …