Monthly Archives: January 2021

Handling the Flood

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Handling the flood of information that comes at you on any given day can be challenging, or even overwhelming. You receive an email or file attachment you want to keep, but then forget where you have saved it. You place an important document or object in a “safe” place only to forget where that is. It is not just you; it is all of us. It isn’t because we are getting old and forgetful, although that may be true, but more likely because there is simply more to remember and keep track of in our lives than ever before in history. This isn’t likely to change, so we need to accept this as the new norm.

For more on this check out the video below.

Exceed Expectations

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It is a little known fact that everyone forms subconscious expectations regarding EVERYTHING and EVERYONE! This might not be so bad, except that our expectations are rarely accurate, and almost always predispose us to place people, and everything else, into boxes. We form an expectation of a coworker or employee that they are consistently late, or make the same kind of errors over and over again, or lack competence in certain areas, etc. Before you know it, our expectations become the label for that person, event, or thing in our mind.

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Inertia

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Newton’s first law of motion, also called the law of inertia, is often stated as “An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion, and in the same direction unless acted upon by an outside force.” Newton’s law was directed at physical objects, however, there is a lesson here that applies to processes and people as well. For instance, any process may eventually become so routine and formalized that it turns into bureaucratic dogma. When this happens, changing the process can be difficult, or nearly impossible.

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Taking and Giving Offense

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When someone takes offense easily, the aphorism is that “they wear their emotions on their sleeve,” implying that their emotions are so near the surface that they are easily provoked. That provocation can come in any number of ways, for instance, a word, a facial expression, or even a touch can evoke a response seemingly out of proportion to the stimulus. People who wear their emotions on their sleeve are difficult to be around for any length of time because of the inevitability that something will eventually offend them and cause an emotional response.

For more on this check out the video below: