A Matter of Self-Esteem
How do you respond to personal affronts or insults? If you have high self-esteem, they probably don't bother you much. H...Read More »
The Winner’s Circle
Choosing Love or Fear?
If you had a choice between love and fear, which would you choose? If you think the answer is obvious, then you might ju...Read More »
Lasting Change
What makes people want to change? Notice that we didn't say, "think they should change." There is a big difference, and ...Read More »
The First Friendship
We've talked a lot about friendships and relationships in the last week. Yet, no friendship is as crucial to your self-e...Read More »
Short-Term Doesn’t Mean Short-Change
Yesterday, we talked about the need for "good friends." Today, let's back up a bit, and ask the questions: Do you decide...Read More »
Good Friends
Good, strong friendships can make our lives immeasurably richer.
Good friends are rare. We have hundreds, maybe thous...Read More »
From Me to Me
Most of us extend small kindnesses to others. But how many of us practice the same loving gestures when it comes to ours...Read More »
Happiness is Not an Event
What makes you happy? Where do you find joy? No matter who you are, the answer to these questions is always the same. A ...Read More »
Learning from Our Mistakes
From time to time, everyone experiences setbacks. We set a course and start out, but then we find ourselves at a dead en...Read More »
Emotional Responses
When you hit your thumb with a hammer, you know what causes the pain. In fact, it's probably the most obvious thing at t...Read More »
Profile in Efficacy
We talked a bit about self-efficacy in the recent past, so let's continue the discussion today by looking at the profile...Read More »
One More Piece of Advice
Everywhere you look, it seems that someone is offering advice on how to make your marriage happier, your friendships clo...Read More »
The Grand Level of Parenting
These days, it seems that children are spending more time with their grandparents, and extended families, than ever befo...Read More »
Uncovering Options
Today, let's talk about how important it is to have alternatives, and how our thoughts can keep important alternatives o...Read More »
More Than One Age
How old are you really? And what does the number on the tip of your tongue really signify? Today, let's consider this: W...Read More »
Considering Ability
"Self-efficacy" is a word that you have heard the WCN use many times, and it's a term that's being heard more and more t...Read More »
Stand Up and Be Counted
We touched a little on the subject of accountability yesterday. Today, let's take a different angle on accountability an...Read More »
Owning Our Decisions
What happens when part of you wants to do one thing and part wants to do another? Let's look at this kind of conflict.
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Your Vision for Tomorrow
Do you have a vision - a picture in your mind of how things can be? If you do, how clear is it? How big is it? How much ...Read More »
Bias and Comfort Zones
Whether it is the intentional racist comments from a celebrity, applying a nasty epithet to a sitting politician, or the...Read More »
Life is Meant to be Lived
As parents, grandparents, teachers and such, we want to teach our children to believe in their own ability to "cause, br...Read More »
Not the Finished Product
As individuals, human beings are constantly changing, even though it may not seem like it in the short term.
In what ...Read More »
The Genuine Article
What does it mean to be authentic in today's world? It doesn't mean just being different or standing out from the crowd,...Read More »
Taking Command of You
What happens when you feel an emotion but refuse to admit it? Perhaps, more than you think.
From the time we were chi...Read More »
More Than One Way
When you are learning something new, what helps you learn more easily and what interferes with the process? Today, let's...Read More »
Character
How would you describe your own character? What do we mean when we use that particular word? Today, let's talk briefly a...Read More »