Blogger Party - personal values

Is it better to be weak instead of forceful?

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:07:29 -0400

We need to learn how to operate from a position of strength. My question is: Do you behave typically from positions of weakness, or from positions of strength?

Dealing with subordinates

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:47:40 -0400

An area in which you can frequently be manipulated is when dealing with employees or subordinates. If you have the power of observation, you’ll have perceived through the simple description of the tasks they carry out, that frequently they only exist to subjugate you by means of a number of processes without end.

Fighting bureaucracy

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:10:43 -0400

Bureaucracy is an area where people usually surrender against manipulation.

Self Independence - Dealing with authorities or professionals

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:49:52 -0400

An area in which you can be a victim of manipulation is when facing authorities and professionals. Those people who have ostentatious titles or have authority positions, often think that because of that they can outrage us.

Self Independence - The workplace

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:17:04 -0400

The workplace is another typical area where we can feel enslaved, manipulated or controlled. Bosses and employers usually believe that people under their control lose all their rights automatically to transform into objects. If this is your case, it is possible that you feel manipulated at work or even intimidated by supervisors or due to ordinances and internal regulations.

Self Independence - Dealing with the family

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:59:59 -0400

Once we have accommodated our perspectives in such a way that fit with our real attitudes, we’ll have to proceed with those persons who try to subject us and are willing to impede us to complete our objectives.

Self Independence - The social attitudes

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:57:23 -0400

The social attitudes are extremely important and it is another area where we allow us to be manipulated. If you are considered little self-secure, if you consider yourself a clumsy person, unable to express well, shy, introverted, etc. you’ll have before you a quite bad experience in the social field and to this feeling a socially faulty behavior will follow.

Self Independence - The emotional attitudes

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:43:38 -0400

Analyzing the areas where we can have ended up underestimating ourselves and developing negative attitudes, we will treat the area of the emotional attitudes.

Self Independence - The intellectual capacity

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:05:10 -0400

In this analysis on the areas in that it is possible that we have ended up underestimating our potential, we will talk now about our intellectual capacity.

How to avoid anxiety (2)

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:02:23 -0400

How can we overcome the habits of using patterns of distorted thoughts?

How to avoid anxiety (1)

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:55:19 -0500

The anxiety, depression and other neurotic behaviors evolve through a process described by professor Albert Ellis (1913 -) in four stages or phases that lead to them.

Patterns of distorted thinking (12). Are we victims of our emotions?

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:13:31 -0500

The concept number twelve is the believing that we don’t have control over our emotions and that we are victims of these without being able to control the way we feel. This idea is completely incorrect.

Patterns of distorted thinking (11). Does a unique solution exist for each problem?

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:57:39 -0500

The eleventh pattern in the series of distorted thoughts is the believing that only a correct solution exists for each problem, and that if we don't find it, the consequences can be terrible.

Patterns of distorted thinking (10). Should we influence on others’ life?

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:35:37 -0500

The tenth pattern of distorted thoughts is to believe that we should change or influence other people’s lives, since what they do or think should be important for us.

Patterns of distorted thinking (9). When past experiences determine our present behavior

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:36:12 -0500

The ninth pattern of distorted thought consists on believing that because a traumatic experience happened in the past, it should influence or determine our present behavior. This is something completely false.