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Category Archives: Self-Improvement
My Week of Floating
At the time of this writing, I’ve floated for eight days straight. I had originally planned to float for just two days in a row, but then I decided to see what it would be like to float every day … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged float, floating, Life Hacks, My Week of Floating, peace, relaxation, rest
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An Amazing Saturday
I’ve had a lot of wonderful days as of late and yesterday was no exception. It was easily the best Saturday I’ve had in a while; almost everything went smoothly and the day was full of cool things from beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged An Amazing Saturday, beach, float, floating, friends, Frisbee, Jenga, peace, ping pong
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Patience and Understanding
They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I would say that a little knowledge combined with an unwillingness to consider different viewpoints is even more dangerous. I think of this whenever I see someone jump to conclusions … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged bigger picture, communication, learning, nuance, patience, Patience and Understanding, understanding
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Consequences
In Boundaries, Henry Cloud and John Townsend talk a lot about consequences as a way to learn. Much of what they explore in the book has to do with the negative effects that arise when people don’t experience the consequences … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement
Tagged consequences, help, Henry Cloud, John Townsend, learning, teaching
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A Strategy Based on Stephen Covey’s Ideas
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People contains so much wisdom and so many life hacks that I regularly refer back to it. Whenever I do, I always find something good that I had forgotten or never noticed before. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged achievement, goals, habits, plans, Stephen Covey, success, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Win/Win
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey advocates pursuing Win/Win solutions. These are solutions in which everyone involved “seeks mutual benefit” and everyone walks away feeling satisfied at the outcome. Covey values Win/Win solutions above solutions in … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Self-Improvement
Tagged arguments, conversations, discussions, problems, solutions, solving problems, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Win/Win
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Realizations from My Most Recent Float
I’ve had some odd experiences in my last few floats. I fell asleep in each of them, but I’ve done that in most of my floats, so that isn’t the odd part. The odd part is that I’ve gotten fidgety … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Alan Watts, float, floating, insights, realizations, Realizations from My Most Recent Float, revelations, sleep
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My Lovely Sunday
I had a nice, relaxing Sunday yesterday. I started the day by getting up and going to work. It was a steady morning with a few slow periods in between the busy times, so I had no complaints about how … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged dancing, floating, My Lovely Sunday, Sunday, swing dancing, The Volstead, unicycling
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Some More of My Plan
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about ways to make a positive difference in the world. In the process, I’ve devised, adjusted, and abandoned a lot of plans that I hope will create the changes that I want to … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged change, direct alternatives, finances, freedom, indirect alternatives, life situation, personal freedom, relationships, self-improvement, self-improvement work, Some More of My Plan, stability, tipping point
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Some of My Thoughts on Human Nature
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about human nature. Even though I haven’t directed much conscious thought at this subject in the past few years, I have spent a lot of time analyzing related subjects. That analysis appears to have … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged change, culture, environment, habits, human nature, nature, nurture, Rescripting, Some of My Thoughts on Human Nature, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Power of Habit, upbringing
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