continuing on from yesterday’s blog, here is the rest of steve pavlina’s (edited) words on goal setting goal setting is an activity setting clear goals is not a passive act. you must take direct conscious action. everything counts, and nothing is neutral. you are either moving towards your goals, or away from them. if you… Continue reading goal setting – part 2
Month: July 2006
goal setting
lately, i’ve been following steve pavlina’s blog. he’s got some pretty strong things to say about personal development. below is a somewhat shortened and edited excerpt of what he says about goal setting and decision making. bunker hunt, a man who rose from a bankrupt cotton farmer in the 1930s to a multi-billionaire when he… Continue reading goal setting
getting support – part 2
when we feel we don’t have enough support, of course there’s many ways we can “go out and get more”. however, often, when we have a problem like this, it’s not because we lack the know-how – it’s that there is something blocking us from reaching for what we need. when we don’t get the… Continue reading getting support – part 2
getting support
today i thought i’d share with you a handout from a workshop i gave a little while ago on social support: this is part 1 – part 2 is tomorrow. social support there’s the quality of supportive relationships – what type of relationships are they and how satisfied are we with them? then there’s the… Continue reading getting support
mental illness in the workplace: good news!
last month i reported on yves magloe, a tenured professor at pasadena city college, who was let go because of a mental illness. as many of you know, it is extremely rare of a tenured professor to let go of – tenure usually means lifetime employment. well, good news. hugo schwyzer reports that professor magloe… Continue reading mental illness in the workplace: good news!
another video: about depression
and here we have another video, where you can hear me talk a little bit about depression and disconnectedness. this time it’s on youtube. thanks, carol, for doing this video!
yogurt and self-righteousness
plain yogurt – after you’ve opened the container, do you stir it or do you carefully take off what you need and leave the rest alone? that, my friend, is the big question. it’s a question that plagued me, so i complained, err, i mean, talked to a few people about it – with such… Continue reading yogurt and self-righteousness
go ahead, be happy!
the keys to happiness are available to anyone, says this article in lifescience.com today: Money that lifts people out of poverty increases happiness, but after that, the better paychecks stop paying off sense-of-well-being dividends, research shows. One route to more happiness is called
gender identity: shapeshifting
a few weeks ago, i spoke of the book self organizing men, a collection of literary works promoted in jay sennet’s blog, around the theme of FtM’s – people who were born biologically female and transition towards male. here is another work of art in it, a jewel of a poem. it weaves in and… Continue reading gender identity: shapeshifting
psychopaths
a few weeks ago i had a conversation with someone about psychopaths. since i can’t remember for the life of me who i had this conversation with (hmmmm … should i make my next post about memory?), i thought i’d post here a link to a very interesting article about this topic, and hopefully that… Continue reading psychopaths