Post Written By Eugene Morgan We all need positive reinforcement to get us to do something. Encouragement reinforces motivation. Encouragement evokes the feeling of motivation to do something. We all need a push every once in a while to get us going. Just a push is all we need to get into gear. Some of […]
Month: January 2012
Observe, then Change it
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If we want to learn something about ourselves, we must observe ourselves. Most of our behaviors are done without our knowledge. If we want to make a change in a certain area in our lives we must observe what we do to resist change. Change isn’t easy. But if we […]
Facing Daily Challenges
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Dialog: Question: How’s it going? Answer: Same stuff, different day. The same things that come into our lives repeatedly are the things we handle in the same way. Maybe if we change our attitudes about things that trouble us, we would be in a better place to handle them. We […]
Change Your Prototype
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Milton Erickson doesn’t tell his patients that they will need more flexibilility; instead he sets up the patients to do something to break up the inflexibility. Rigidity can create a lot of anxiety in our lives. We all have rigidity, some more than others. Some of us wonder why we […]
When hope is all we have
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Hope is a basic wish we want to fulfill. When things are turning for the worse, we grab a hold of hope, because we hope for a better outcome. When things are beyond our control, we look for hope to guide us through trying times. Our hope begs for a […]
The Things We Can’t Change
Post Written By Eugene Morgan There are some things we can’t change. Those things we can’t change, we must let go. Acceptance helps us to deal with things we can’t change. Things that are beyond our control, we can’t change. Acceptance can be a powerful force, because we can steer our energies into something else […]
Stating the Obvious
Post Written By Eugene Morgan The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this exit? —CONFUCIUS This above quote is stating the obvious. What is it that keeps us from seeing the obvious when it comes to solving a problem or finding a solution? Once we see that the […]
Learn, Adapt, and Survive
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Adaptation is learning how to make adjustment in a difficult situation. If we don’t adapt we won’t survive. Adapting is an attitude as well. Optimism is one of those attitudes we must adapt, if we’re going to survive. Being flexible is a keynote to adaptation. We must bend to changes […]
Finding Satisfaction In What We Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Whatever we do, it’s best to find satisfaction. Finding satisfaction in what we do can help us to keep quality in our work. Doing our best work increases our satisfaction. With this satisfaction, no matter what it takes, we’re willing to put in the hard work. With the feeling of […]
Have You Started Your List Yet?
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If we’re going to do something, we can write a to-do-list. A list makes things real not imagined. After we write a list, we can promise ourselves to at least do one or two things off the list. Our goal isn’t to complete a list in one day, but to […]
Today is all we have
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Today is all we have. We can’t think about tomorrow when we only have today. But if we do think about tomorrow, then we should plan for tomorrow. Certainly, we have today to do what we can do to work toward our goals we’ve set for this year. There are […]
Move From Within
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Do we know our defenses? Do we know what stops us from doing what we want to do? In psychoanalysis, a defense is a mechanism used to protect a bruised ego. We don’t like to feel exposed because there is the possibility that when we succeed in something, we get […]
Be You, Not Me
Post Written By Eugene Morgan One thing is true is that we can never be original when we continue to imitate someone. Each one of us is unique; therefore, it’s all right to find our own voice. And it’s all right to find our own style. It’s all right to admire someone. What we are […]
Become One With A Task and Experience Briefly Eternity
Written By Eugene Morgan We know our attention is fully on a task, when everything in our peripheral vision has faded away. We know our attention is fully on the task, when we have forgotten the headache after a couple of hours later. We know our attention is fully on the task, when we feel […]
You Have The Power Within To Follow Your Own Path
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Our internal resource is our power to move things in our lives; resources that we have acquired over our lives through our experiences. As long as we’re learning new experiences, we’re accumulating our power. The problem for most of us is learning to get access to our resources to help […]
Compassion Knows No Bounds
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Compassion is an unnatural need to help someone. Compassion is a natural need to help someone. The bottom-line is that someone is getting help. It is satisfying when we help someone in need. Compassion is freely giving of our time. Compassion brings people together. The reward is the work of […]
Reorienting Our Thinking while Vacationing
Post Written By Eugene Morgan A get-a-way vacation is a useful way of reoriented our thinking. It’s easy to fall into a routine. With a routine we tend to think about the same thoughts, which can trigger negative thoughts. Getting out-of-town can help us to get out of our old routines and into something different. […]
Goal Setting
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Yesterday was January 1, 2012. And today is now a new day to begin this year. It’s time to set new goals for this New Year. Some of us have long-term goals and some of us have short-term goals we want to complete. Goals can help us to focus on […]
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