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    Stop Waiting Until You “Figure It Out”

    March 11, 2019

    Granted – it can feel reassuring to come determine a reason why we or other people behave in certain ways. However, just having insight and knowing (or thinking that we know) the reason underlying people’s motivations does not always lead to taking effective action regarding the situation. While, to quote Socrates, “The unexamined life is […]

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    Stop Waiting Until You “Figure It Out”

    March 11, 2019

    Granted – it can feel reassuring to come determine a reason why we or other people behave in certain ways. However, just having insight and knowing (or thinking that we know) the reason underlying people’s motivations does not always lead to taking effective action regarding the situation. While, to quote Socrates, “The unexamined life is […]

    Filed Under: Anxiety, Courage, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: action, change, courage, fear

    14 Ways to Develop Courage

    October 1, 2015

    The majority of our emotional responses result from how we interpret a situation. People go to amusement parks to be intentionally scared out of their wits on roller coasters. We term the heart-pounding and adrenalin rush experienced in such situations “excitement”, but if we endure the same sensations due to an unplanned event, such as […]

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    14 Ways to Develop Courage

    October 1, 2015

    The majority of our emotional responses result from how we interpret a situation. People go to amusement parks to be intentionally scared out of their wits on roller coasters. We term the heart-pounding and adrenalin rush experienced in such situations “excitement”, but if we endure the same sensations due to an unplanned event, such as […]

    Filed Under: Courage, General, Goal Setting Tagged With: courage

    Overcoming Analysis Paralysis

    May 31, 2013

    “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” (Mark Twain) Often fear can be like quicksand. The more we struggle and fight our fear, the more obsessed and anxious we can become, and then we just become more mired in the problem. Intense psychological stress can shut down the innovative and […]

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    Overcoming Analysis Paralysis

    May 31, 2013

    “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” (Mark Twain) Often fear can be like quicksand. The more we struggle and fight our fear, the more obsessed and anxious we can become, and then we just become more mired in the problem. Intense psychological stress can shut down the innovative and […]

    Filed Under: Courage, General Tagged With: courage

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