Our Mind Is Truly Who We Are
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Prov 23:7. Why is this ancient proverb such a fundamental factor in understanding the role of the mind? Perhaps, because
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When All the Pieces Fit Together
Slowly for some, and suddenly for others, the puzzle of life begins to take shape and a beautiful picture of meaningful belief emerges. All the pieces fit together. When the
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How the Mind Develops Our Beliefs
The mind functions somewhat like the assembly of a jigsaw puzzle. It wants to put the pieces it receives from life’s experiences together to form an understandable picture. The puzzle
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Two Sides of Our Memory: Memory and “Forgettery”
Forgetting things as we age can worry most of us. That dreaded word Alzheimer’s, and its companion, Dementia, quickly threaten our mental peace when we forget things. Memory lapses are
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Ways to Gain Control Over Unwanted Thoughts
Anything can come into our minds and this can happen at any time. We can’t always stop what comes into our minds (factor one) and we need to get unhelpful
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Closed or Open Minds?
We stand in the doorway to our minds. What does that mean? Let me paint a mental picture that may help us see what is happening in our mind. There
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Does Your Mind Control You? Or Do You Control Your Mind?
Do you control your mind? “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Ancient Hebrew proverb) This means, in every condition and circumstance we are what we think.
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What Will Knowing Myself Do For Me?
“What will knowing myself do for me?” you ask. It can provide you with all the benefits listed below and more. Knowing ourselves is life changing for most of us.
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Be Who You Are, Not Some Other Person
This is my plea to you before we end our short series on the Temperament Key: Be who you are! Reading through the core strengths in the previous article, you
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What Are My Core Strengths?
We all have many strengths, such as those we have spent some effort developing. We call these strengths our self-built strengths. They include such strengths as skills, achievements, training, education,
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What Temperament Lifestyle Is Your Preference?
What do these final two letters that form our temperament’s profile tell us? The answer is: how we desire to live our lives. The two temperament lifestyles are again opposites,
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How Do We Make A Decision?
Is this so different and difficult? We can’t live life without making decisions. Even a refusal or neglect to make a decision is a decision. A study of how we
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