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Category Archives: Getting Along with Each Other
True Connection
I want to get to know you. Not the labels attached to you that you or someone else put there, and not the views that separate us. Those things have their place but they are not you. Identifying with things … Continue reading
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Tagged connections, conversations, getting to know you, relationships, small talk, True Connection
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Review of The Four Agreements
I believe that having the right mindset is essential for living a full, free life, and reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz has helped my mindset a lot. The agreements in the book are “Be Impeccable with Your Word”, … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Always Do Your Best, Be Impeccable with Your Word, Don Miguel Ruiz, Don't Make Assumptions, Don't Take Anything Personally, freedom, personal freedom, Review of The Four Agreements, The Four Agreements
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Civil Discussions
Before last year, I considered myself to be a pretty reasonable person. Since then, however, I’ve realized that I can be just as emotional, unreasonable, and ideological as the next person. I’ve engaged in a lot of hostile exchanges over the … Continue reading
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Tagged arguments, Civil Discussions, conversations, discussions, emotion, hostility, ideology, reason, sense of self, solve problems
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Practice
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a weatherman named Phil Connors who gets stuck in a time loop in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Cursed to repeat the same day indefinitely, Connors uses his abundance of time to learn a variety … Continue reading
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Tagged bearing fruit, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Murray, communication, Dale Carnegie, Groundhog Day, habits, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Life Hacks, Practice, pruning, self-improvement, skills, time loop
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Six Simple Steps for Understanding Other Perspectives
I’ve read a lot about communication and I’ve synthesized what I’ve learned about seeing things from someone else’s perspective into this blog post. These techniques work well for me and several friends have said that they also find the techniques … Continue reading
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Tagged calmness, civil conversations, common ground, communication, good intentions, hostility, How to Win Friends and Influence People, perspective changes, points of agreement, Six Simple Steps for Understanding Other Perspectives, techniques, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Life Hacks
You may have noticed that several of my posts have been placed into a category called “Life Hacks”. This is a term I’ve heard used to describe better methods of doing everyday activities or alternate uses for common objects. I … Continue reading
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Tagged How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Life Hacks, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power of Habit, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking, tools for life
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Review of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
I’ve read a handful of books that have blown my mind, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one of those books. I thought it would be good but it’s incredible; I’ll go so far as to say … Continue reading
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Tagged books, how-to guide for life, review, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Irrational Decisions and Identifying with Ideologies
Have you ever seen (or participated in) an exchange in which two people with opposing views were convinced they were right and their opponents were wrong? Maybe they even cited studies that supported their respective sides. Looked at individually, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, Eckhart Tolle, empathy, identification, identity, ideologies, ideology, Jonathan Haidt, The Power of Now, The Righteous Mind, understanding
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Understanding Each Other
We have direct access to our thoughts, our experiences, and our entire backstories. Because of this, we know and understand views quite well. We know the ways we came upon those views; the reasons we believe in them; the reasons … Continue reading
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Tagged big ideas, complexity, getting along, open-mindedness, simplicity, understanding
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