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How to challenge assumptions
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Fragments provide clues
When you ask what you're anxious about, you may not have a clear answer. You may have fragments of responses that may not make much sense by itself. For example, "I am anxious about floorboards. Book mess."
Record these answers as they will give a hint about the main sore points in the back of your mind.
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Clearing the mental desktop
There is a way to re-organize your unresolved thoughts and separate the important from the messy mental pile. In the quiet of the day, you sit down with a pencil and paper and ask yourself three questions.
- What am I anxious about?
- What am I upset about, and with wh...
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When good habits break down
It is easy to accumulate stuff, like unfiled papers and half-read books or unfinished projects. If left unattended, they can pile up and can spiral out of control. At some point, you can get fed up and tidy up, and then the cycle starts anew.
Unsorted papers and books are as proble...
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Find the real sore points
Once you've collected your fragments of responses, pass it through a second tier of questions that is more pointed to find out what lies behind the initial associations and impressions. If you're upset with someone, ask, "What part of myself feels danger here?"
This process will t...
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Once you've collected your fragments of responses, pass it through a second tier of questions that is more pointed to find out what lies behind the initial associations and impressions. If you're upset with someone, ask, "What part of myself feels danger here?"
This process will t...
Manage Your Nerves Along the Way
- If you make a mistake, keep going.
- Prepare a list of possible questions, in case you're worried people will ask you something you won't know how to answer.
- If you're asked something you're not really sure about, use a response that goes along the lines of “That’s a good q...
Upon finishing the book
When you have more questions than answers, ask yourself:
- What are these questions?
- Would you like to direct your questions to a particular character?
- Are they questions that you may be able to answer by reading more about the author's life and works...
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