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a blog from dave donahue

Self-Compassion

“Even when we sometimes do “learn a lesson” from mistakes for which we judge ourselves harshly, I worry about the nature of the energy behind that kind of change and learning. I’d like change to be stimulated by a clear desire to enrich life for ourselves or for others rahter than by destructive energies such as shame or guilt.”

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Filed under: Attitude, Psychology, Theology

Book Review: EQ 2.0

If you read Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover and asked yourself, “Well, now what?”, then Lee Eisenberg’s The Number is your ‘now what’. If you rushed out and read Boundaries after my compelling literary review and thought,  “Great- now what?” Then EQ 2.0 by Bradberry and Greaves is your ‘now what’. Read the rest of this entry »

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Book Review: Boundaries

Just finished up Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend. From the psychology section. Here’s the review… Read the rest of this entry »

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The Feed.

The Feed is all part of a larger plan… Read the rest of this entry »

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Book Review: Six Thinking Hats

Just finished Edward DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats. Its a nice primer on thinking as well as an intro to his Six Hat methodology… Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Book Review, Interdisciplinary Action, Psychology

Ted and Oprah.

Because of the rain in KY, they sent everyone in the office home early yesterday. When i got home i started making dinner and turned the tv on and there was Ted Haggard on Oprah. This paragraph alone has enough material for a week of posts. Read the rest of this entry »

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Triggers, Buttons and Switches

One of the post-it notes at my desk reminds me to redirect and relearn. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Attitude, Integral, Leadership, Psychology

Great Expectations

A poor attitude- expecting the worst- will deliver. Just as sure, a great attitude does, in some crazy way, change my expectations. And i will get what i’m expecting. Stuff happens way out of my control- but “there’s a large percentage of things that are under our control” and part of exercising my control is taking charge of my attitude.

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Strength Quote: Deliberative

"It is generally agreed that the ultimate purpose of any thinking must be the satisfaction of the thinker.So in the end the purpose of thinking is to satisfy the expressed emotions." -Edward DeBono