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Tag Archives: decisions
Decisions and Consequences
The book Boundaries talks a lot about consequences. One of the points it makes that has stuck with me for several years now is that when you prevent someone from receiving their natural consequences, those consequences instead fall onto you. … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged boundaries, consequences, decisions, Decisions and Consequences, dog, lessons, responsibility, Sawyer
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Risk
Is it acceptable to put another person at risk of harm without their permission? If so, what type of harm, what degree of risk, in what situations, how often, and why? If not, why not, and how might that force … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other
Tagged behavior, cars, consequences, decisions, driving, flight, planes, risk, risks
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Avoiding Disaster on the Way to Utopia
I often see people use the word “utopia” to describe what they consider to be an unrealistic or extremely unlikely society. In conversations about how the world could be, once someone characterizes another’s viewpoint as utopian, the exchange usually devolves … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things
Tagged Avoiding Disaster on the Way to Utopia, communities, community, decisions, healing, incentives, modern society, peace, society, utopia
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The Value of “Begin With the End in Mind”
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Habit 2 is Begin with the End in Mind. By this, Stephen Covey literally means the end of your life. He tells you to imagine your funeral and notice who is there … Continue reading
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Tagged Begin with the End in Mind, decisions, destination, emotions, goals, higher perspective, planning, priorities, self-improvement, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Value of "Begin With the End in Mind", thoughts, Zoom Out
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Doing the Opposite
“The Opposite” is an episode of Seinfeld in which George Costanza finally catches a break. Figuring his instincts have continually lead him to make bad choices, George tries doing the opposite of everything he would normally do and finds tremendous … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Opposite", actions, behavior, decisions, Doing the Opposite, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, opposite, Seinfeld
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Life Spirals
Take a look at that spiral. What do you notice about it? Most notably, it gets wider toward the top. This is consistent with the life path I’m on: I’ve found that the higher I climb in the spiral, the … Continue reading
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Tagged actions, choices, decisions, life, Life Spirals, spiraling down, spiraling up, spirals
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The Choice We All Have
Every day, we all have the choice to make the world a little bit better or a little bit worse. If we treat other people well, that makes them feel good and adds a little bit of positivity to everything … Continue reading
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Tagged actions, behavior, choices, decisions, love, negativity, peace, positivity, random acts of kindness, The Choice We All Have
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