Category: Personal Growth & Change
How people actually change, and why so much of what is meant to change them does not. Habit formation, transitions, self-awareness and the uncomfortable gap between knowing something and doing it differently on Monday.
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The 4 P’S of Knowing – Per John Vervaeke
John Vervaeke, a cognitive scientist, talks about there being four different types of knowledge: propositional, procedural, perspectival and participatory. The 4 Ps of Knowledge John Vervaeke, (Cognitive Science, University of Toronto) talks about there being four different types of knowledge: propositional, procedural, perspectival and participatory. Propositional Propositional knowledge is the knowledge of […]
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The Wolf Parable – A Parable of Mindset
The Wolf Parable is story about the inner conflicts we face in how we approach others and our personal agency in choosing and shaping how we approach the world. The Wolf Parable The wolf parable is a story that bounces around the internet and which often appears in the world of personal […]
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See, Do, Get – Covey’s belief, action and outcome framework
The “See, Do, Get” model is Covey’s simple framework for understanding how our perceptions shape our realities. The way we “see” the world, affects what we “do” in it, which affects the outcomes that we “get”. These outcomes then feed back into how we see the world, and so the cycle continues. […]
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The Choluteca Bridge Incident: Lessons on acceptance and change
The Choluteca Bridge is a nearly indestructible bridge commissioned by the Honduran government to cross the Choluteca river. In the year it was completed, Hurricane Mitch flooded the area and the river forged a new course, leaving a bridge over nothing, heading nowhere. The Choluteca Bridge Honduras experiences a lot of significant […]
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Celebrating Success – A Key Activity for Engagement and Wellbeing
Celebrating your own and other’s work and personal successes is a key part of improving our positivity and experiences at work, as well as being a great way to strengthen team connections and relationships. Celebrating Success Celebrating success in the workplace is a key part of creating a good place with a […]
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An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters – Portia Nelson’s Poem about Change
“Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” is a poem by Portia Nelson that beautifully captures some of our expereinces of psychological change, growth and realisation. Autobiography in Five Short Chapters I I walk down the street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalkI fall in.I am lost … I am helpless.It isn’t my […]
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Musterbation – The Self-defeating habit of making everything a “Must”
“Musterbation” is a psychological term coined by the late American psychologist and psychotherapist, Albert Ellis. It refers to the tendency to unhelpfully impose absolute and unrealistic demands on oneself and others. Musterbation Musterbation is the name given to the unhelpful tendency that some people have to setting themselves and others perfectionist demands. […]
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Wheel of Wellbeing – Vitality in the World of Work
By focusing on behaviour changes across a combination of physical, cognitive and emotional and social factors, we can increase the likelihood of creating lasting improvements to our wellbeing and resilience. Wheel of Wellbeing The ‘Wheel of Wellbeing’ is a term and image we use to explain, coach and facilitate conversations in relation […]
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Circle of Influence – Focusing on what you can control or influence
The ‘circle of influence’ is a simple tool to help you visualise and recognise the things in life you have some influence over, and the things that are outside of your influence. You should focus on the former, and try not to waste energy thinking about the latter. Circle of Influence Once […]
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The Hero’s Journey – A structure to our stories
The Hero’s Journey is a structured framework that appears to underlie many great stories across the world and history. Also known as the “monomyth” the framework was captured by Joseph Campbell in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” The Hero’s Journey It appears to be the case that many of […]
