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Why Should I Set Goals For Myself? What’s the Big Deal?

October 30, 2021

According to Seligman’s PERMA model, having a sense of accomplishment is one of the most important factors of human flourishing. This means that a crucial building block of your well-being is goal achievement. So one brief answer to the question, “Why should I set goals for myself?” is: it’s important if you want to thrive and enhance your well-being. But if you don’t have any goals to work…

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How Can You Achieve Your Goals When They Are Big?

October 22, 2021

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From the outset, daunting goals may seem unattainable. You might have thoughts like, “There is no point in even trying” or “There is no way I can succeed”. Well, the good news is you can succeed. But how can you achieve your goals, especially when they are challenging? How can you achieve goals that may take months or years to reach? In this post I present four keys…

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Personal Development FAQs• Resilience

What are great examples of positive coping strategies?

October 16, 2021

Positive coping strategies are healthy ways of dealing with stress. By contrast negative coping strategies are destructive behaviors that may provide temporary relief, but in the long run are not helpful and can make the situation even worse. Such strategies include: There are several frameworks that aim to categorize the kinds of coping strategies that exist. Here are a few of the more popular ones: For the sake…

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What’s the Best Way to Achieve Goals?

October 10, 2021

Considering the best way to achieve goals is important, because reaching goals, being productive and having a sense of achievement are crucial for our well-being. Working in HR has given me the opportunity to be involved with goal achievement from various angles including both the personal and team level. Furthermore, I have researched this topic a lot and tried out several approaches. Some of the things I’ve set…

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Personal Development FAQs• Resilience

What are Practical Steps to Increasing Resilience?

September 26, 2021

With the global COVID pandemic as a backdrop it is safe to say people are generally more stressed than before. As a result, mental health is a relevant, salient subject at the forefront of our current situation. It is important to consider practical steps for increasing resilience. People have experienced isolation, uncertainty, anxiety and loss. On top of that difficult changes in the home and work environment have…

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What Should I Do to Think Positive?

September 18, 2021

Positive thinking has a lot to do with your level of optimism. I am not talking about an unrealistic optimism, which involves overestimating the likelihood of positive events and underestimating the likelihood of negative events. It is of course beneficial to be realisitc. However, I am referring to learned optimism. This means you acknowledge difficulties, but explain them more productively compared to those who are pessimistic. When things happen, whether…

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How Do You Stay Positive in the Midst of Adversity?

September 14, 2021

Everyone faces adversity, but two people can go through the same thing and experience vastly different outcomes. One may barely get by while the other emerges more resilient than ever before. One key to thriving even in the midst of challenges is to maintain an optimistic outlook. This of course begs the question: How do you stay positive? I am not referring to an unrealistic optimism which causes one to…

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