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Dr Peggy Marshall

Mini Habits

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Thinking that a new behavior will take too much effort, we tend to put it off to a later time when we have the time or desire to invest in the effort. Rubin in Better than Before shares another important point about effort. When we are trying to change a behavior that we have tried to change previously, the effort to change it becomes more difficult. This makes the case for setting yourself up for success from the very beginning of the change process.
Dr Peggy Marshall

Choose the Most Valuable Reality

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Although choosing the most valuable reality may take more energy from you, it will definitely make a change in your relationships and potentially your own happiness. It is by sifting through not only the opinions and beliefs that we hold most dearly but also understanding that others who influence us may not have the entire picture and that we can come to new states of understanding if we open to alternative views!
Dr Peggy Marshall

The Negative Thinking Spiral

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Complicating the negativity bias is our memories which are either implicit or explicit. Although explicit memory is typically a positive phenomenon, what is stored in implicit memory is more often negatively biased. As we access these memories we continue to build more energy for the negative and may even perceive events as negative due to memories rather than what is actually happening in the moment.

Fear in the Midst of Change

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fear puts our brains into a negative mindset and induces worry. Hugh Prather in “The Little Book of Letting Go” shares that there are several attitudes that enable the worrier. First, believing that it is natural to worry. We develop this belief because we know so many people who do worry and accept it as a natural part of living

Blocks to Change

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When we believe that the cost of making a change outweighs the potential success of the change, we pull back avoiding making the change.

What Would MY Life

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I am too busy-which translates into I don’t have enough time or it will take a long time. How many times have you heard “time is all you have”?
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Controlling the Noise of Life

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One of my roles was to connect the book “Before Happiness” by Shawn Achor to increasing personal performance. If you read my blog last month, you know I am a big fan of Shawn’s. I am going to focus on one specific skill from the book-noise cancellation
Dr Peggy Marshall

A Decided Heart

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What does it take to have a decide heart? You have to be in touch with what you really really want. It sounds fairly easy-however-for some individuals it is not. First, according to Jack Canfield (2) in “The Principles of Success”, our early programming can get in our way.