Archive for 'Resilience'
Change-ability Tip #5: Hang out with happy people
Chart of happiness
The graph shows friends, spouses and siblings in 2000. Circles are females, squares are males and the lines between them indicate relationships (black for siblings, red for friends and spouses). Colors show the average happiness of a person and all of his or her social relations, with [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2009 under 50 Ways to be resilient, Change-ability Tip, Resilience.
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Change-ability Tip #2: Ask other people how they do it (and listen when they answer)
Photo: Judith Broug
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How do you peel a sugar mandarin? You know those teeny minature mandarin oranges that are full of amazing flavour. I was reminded of this week’s change-ability tip when I watched my partner break open a sugar mandarin and then simply peel the skin off the two halves–no fuss, no muss. [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2009 under 50 Ways to be resilient, Change-ability Tip, Resilience.
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50 Ways to Be Resilient: Change-ability Tip #1
Photo: Kevin Connors
We’re approaching mid-January and I’ve been thinking of that old Greek philosopher, Heraclitus. It’s hard to imagine that way back in his day (he lived from 540 BC – 480 BC), things were unsettled enough to prompt his famous quote: “Nothing endures but change.” But when you think about it, Heraclitus and [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2009 under Change-ability Tip, Resilience.
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