Archive for September, 2006
Who Are We? Part 2 |
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Along with reactivity, the second tendency a successful coach addresses is blame. We humans have a strong tendency to focus on “the other person,” and how their behavior “out there” is reponsible for what we’re feeling inside. (Some of us tend to blame ourselves for what others are feeling “out there,” while most [...] |
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Who Are We? Part 1 |
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Who are we? I believe human beings are herd animals, and we share much instinctive behavior with our animal cousins. The most obvious examples are the mating instinct, the parent-child bond, and the fight-or-flight instinct. |
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Surprise! You Married the Perfect Spouse! |
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Have you ever looked at your spouse and wondered, “Did I make a mistake?” Me too. |
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Kids pick up on everything, and research shows that children can "catch" their parents' stress just like they catch a virus—soaking up the stress that pervades a household until their developing nervous systems reach "overload." Then kids act-out, or get sick.