Morning Musings: October 21
The beauty of rationalizations is that they are always partially true. But they are only “part” of the story – the part I want to hear and buy into. They are never the whole story. It’s that grain of truth […]
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Morning Musings: October 20
Rationalizations are a technique that appeals to the “thinking person” (I like to tell myself) because they are not a such blatant blow off, but allow me to give myself an intellectually plausible explanation for my behavior. In some ways, […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 19
A great way to call my bluff on my promises about future payback is to ask myself to nail down the specifics of the promise. If I find myself resisting commitment to when and how I plan to reconcile my […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 18
What’s the real problem? The real problem for me is often that I really don’t want to or am not convinced that I have to, not that this is not the right time, or that the circumstances need to be […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 17
Since promises are always about the future, a good way to tell if I am bull****ing myself is to ask myself if there is any real reason why I have to plan this for the future, why I can’t do it […]
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