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When the habit called misery enjoys company people don't accomplish constructive things.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Empathy - is it the ability to feel what someone else feels?

Or - is it the ability to understand what other people are feeling?

It seems to me Sympathy is the word for sharing feelings while Empathy is the word for understanding another person's feelings.

Does it make a difference? Yes - people may not share feelings yet be quite capable of understanding them. People may share feelings and do it so intensely they exacerbate the feelings - misery loves company. When misery enjoys company people don't accomplish constructive things. When company understands misery there is an opportunity for constructive, comfortable change.

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Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | Thought Tweets

"I'm too busy." When you make a habit of saying that you addict yourself to self-injections of stress.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Your brain reacts when you say things like, "I'm too busy." and "I don't have time." When your brain hears you say things like that it, subconsciously, begins to work to help you out. Your brain knows time is a thing it cannot control. Your brain knows your body is a thing it can control. So, your brain works to control your body by providing it chemical and electrical changes to help it deal with the stress you are telling it you are under by saying things like, "I'm too busy." and "I don't have time." 

Self-stressing about time...now there's a destructive habit!

 

PS: Successful People Have More Time.

The Anatomy of a Project

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014

A project has a life of its own. It has a beginning. It has an end. It has a useful purpose.

Throughout its life, a project relies on people. With the help of people, projects achieve their useful purpose.

Most people take projects very seriously. Most people want to do their part to help projects achieve their ends and their goals.

And, many people contribute their best efforts to projects.

Despite those best efforts, projects are prone to experience numerous problems throughout their lives.

And when problems arise, projects rely on people to solve them. Projects understand processes assist people. On the other hand, projects know the strengths of people are required to solve the problems of projects.

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Solutions & Opportunities

Habits have a special relationship with Time. Understand this relationship...it is mind-bending.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Habits have a special relationship with Time.  

Here's some thoughts of introduction...

Many people complain about not having enough time. That complaint is a Bad-Habit symptom of a root cause - i.e., a root cause consisting of other Bad Habits. That I-don't-have-enough-time excuse is a puzzling way of justifying other problems...hence it is an 'excuse'. Time Management is a bugaboo that has the ability to generate Good Habits and Bad Habits.

Good Habits are linked to long-term Goals. [time is long]

Bad Habits are linked to short-term gratification. [time is short]

New Things are the stepping stones along the route between Bad Habits and Good Habits. [planned baby steps in time]

And, of course, regardless of how much time they think they have or think they do not have, People Only Do 3 Things: Good HabitsBad Habits, & New Things.

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Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | Thought Tweets

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