Perfectionism? Most Days Most of Us Do Pretty Well!
Perfectionism — how it can blight our life, and the ‘benefits’ it offers us. I think it gets in the way of our recognising that mostly we do pretty well.
‘Motivation’ Articles at BlogsInMind.com Archive
The following articles are related to ‘Motivation’ at BlogsInMind.com Archive.
Change is an Emotional Business
Making major changes can be a time when we experience intense emotion. It is a thoroughly emotional business, from the desire we feel for change to what we feel when making the change.
Understanding and Changing Our Behaviour
We can get quite tied up trying to find the particular trick or approach — that magic piede of knowledge — that will change us or an unpleasant situation we are in. I suggest that what transforms us is the meeting of our own needs and desires with a relevant piece of knowledge — that it is not (only) about the knowledge but (also) about ourselves.
The Folly of Efficiency
We don’t have enough time to do everything we want to do. But is it a mistake to prioritise and optimise based on what has to be an incomplete understanding of all the factors and limitations we’re faced with? What are we missing out on for the sake of efficiency?
Patience is Not Easy
At the moment my time horizon is short, and the longer view is decidedly fluid. I feel that I am in a place where I just need to go step by step, and this can have a heavy and plodding feel.
Five Ways to a More Satisfying Life
I think that to have a satisfying life means having a sense of who we are, what our current situation is like, how these match and what we can do about any mismatches.
How Do We Decide When to Persevere and When to Quit?
Perhaps next time I will be successful… Perhaps it will only take once more…. How would you feel if you stopped just before you were going to be successful and so robbed yourself of what you had been hoping for…?