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Food for Thought: A Weekly Column from Peter Vajda, PhD.
Questions for Self-Reflection - May 1, 2010 - 12:41:04 PM
From time to time I receive feedback on the weekly "food for thought" readings – they're usually in response to the reading itself, but not always. Sometimes, folks respond to the list of "questions for self-reflection" following the reading. These latter comments can take the tone of: "interesting," "different," "provocative" and the like. However, from time to time someone comments that the questions make them feel uncomfortable. It's to these commenters that I reply, "good!." Why?
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Food for Thought: A Weekly Column from Peter Vajda, PhD.
The Fisherman and the Businessman - Apr 23, 2010 - 5:30:50 PM
An American businessman was at the pier of a small Caribbean coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna.
The businessman complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The fisherman replied, "only a little while." The businessman then asked why he didn't stay out longer and catch more fish.......
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Food for Thought: A Weekly Column from Peter Vajda, PhD.
The Benefit of the Doubt - Apr 16, 2010 - 10:33:21 AM
Did you ever notice that when you make an error, mess up, miscalculate and the like you tend to blame your environmental, organizational, or life circumstances for your action? That is, "it's not about me?" On the other hand, when someone else messes up, do you notice how often you point out some character flaw in them that (you assume) caused them to behave badly or inappropriately?
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Food for Thought: A Weekly Column from Peter Vajda, PhD.
Indra's Net – The Essence of Real Networking - Apr 9, 2010 - 11:09:14 AM
How do you feel when you are treated abruptly and disrespectfully by someone - a colleague, a boss, a sales- or wait-person, a client or vendor, a physician, a relative, partner or spouse? Moreover, if, as a result, you are feeling somewhat unhappy or really angry, on a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to allow your negative emotions to spill over into your next interaction, and the next, and the next? And, if others react negatively to your negativity, how do you suppose they'll react to their next interaction? And, if the opposite were true in terms of your being "seen," acknowledged and appreciated by another, would that degree of positivity affect your next interaction, and the next, etc? Get the picture?
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Food for Thought: A Weekly Column from Peter Vajda, PhD.
BMW – Driven to Distraction - Apr 2, 2010 - 1:49:43 PM
How often are you driven to distraction, taken off your game or lose your focus – at work, at home, at play or in relationship - due to someone's continual venting – whining, complaining, nit-picking and fault finding? How often do you choose to allow, to enable, someone to suck your time and energy – resulting in your missing a deadline, decreasing your productivity, messing up on an assignment or interfering with your pleasure - because consciously or unconsciously you're driven by some internal mantra that says, "I'm your friend and I need to be there for you?"
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