Posts Tagged ‘denial’

When Your Clock Strikes Midnight

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

So, the clock strikes twelve, your dreams of success at the ball (or in your job or career or marriage) melt away farther with every ring of the bell, and, before you know it, you’re back in the scullery where you came from.

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Recognize Your Emotional Sleight-of-Hand

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The truth is that nobody’s forcing you to do anything. The things you do (or don’t do) are all of your own volition. You either want to do something or don’t want to do something, and that’s the end of it.

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The Young Adult and the Ostrich

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Ignorance of the risks you’re taking can’t in any way save you from them. To handle this situation effectively, you must have a knowledge and awareness of what you’ll be facing. If you’re a young man with midlife ahead of you, do you know what’s coming? Will you be ready for it when it does? The stakes may be much higher than you know.

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Avoid Uncertainty at Your Own Risk

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Life as we know it is already rife with maladaptive defense mechanisms. Systematically getting rid of (or at least learning to manage) these once-necessary defenses, which have long since turned on us, makes up the bulk of the maturing process.

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Are You Part of the Problem?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

The midlife transition that you’re going through (or, sooner or later, will be) can very easily turn you from an asset into a real liability for every group or organization that you’re a part of: from your family to your career, to your circle of friends and acquaintances. From their perspective, it’s painful to watch someone self-destruct, especially someone with as much potential as you obviously have.

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