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Dr. Charles Shinaver & Stress Reduction » self help tips, productivity & procrastination http://charlesshinaver.com For A Clearer Vision of You Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:31:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 P90X at age 45 Round 4, Managing Stress & Energy Naturally http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-help-tips-productivity-procrastination/p90x-age-45-4-managing-stress-energy-naturally/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-help-tips-productivity-procrastination/p90x-age-45-4-managing-stress-energy-naturally/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 18:33:36 +0000 admin http://charlesshinaver.com/?p=586

]]> http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-help-tips-productivity-procrastination/p90x-age-45-4-managing-stress-energy-naturally/feed/ 2 Nightmare of a One-eyed Old Lady Helped Me See http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-improvement-tips-%e2%80%9chow-my-nightmare-with-the-one-eyed-blind-old-lady-intensified-my-war-to-stay-focused-organized-and-finish%e2%80%9d/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-improvement-tips-%e2%80%9chow-my-nightmare-with-the-one-eyed-blind-old-lady-intensified-my-war-to-stay-focused-organized-and-finish%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:07:37 +0000 charlesshinaver http://charlesshinaver.wordpress.com/?p=232 “Stockdale Paradox” to capture how to integrate a combination of these strategies. Stockdale was an officer who was a prisoner of war in Viet Nam. When asked who died first in the camp he said “That’s easy, the optimists.” Essentially they thought they would get out of the camp in a few months. They didn’t. Stockdale confronted the brutal facts of his situation and developed a way to communicate with taps on the walls and ceilings to other prisoners of war to help them in various ways with support and strategy. He also had unwavering faith that he would get out – eventually. So, his judicious use of disciplined thinking and action with unwavering faith resulted in him surviving a Viet Nam prison camp when others died.]]>

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]]> http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-help-tips-productivity-procrastination/uncovering-the-seeds-of-ineffectiveness-where-indecision-meets-disorganization-a-nested-loop-begins-to-cycle%e2%80%a6/feed/ 6 Self Improvement Tips: Getting Worse in a Burst Before You Stay Better http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-help-tips-productivity-procrastination/self-improvement-tips-getting-worse-in-a-burst-before-you-stay-better/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://charlesshinaver.com/mental-health/self-help-tips-productivity-procrastination/self-improvement-tips-getting-worse-in-a-burst-before-you-stay-better/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:32:42 +0000 charlesshinaver http://charlesshinaver.wordpress.com/?p=184 self improvement. Let’s say you make progress on a workout routine for a while. Then have a bump, you miss a workout and have a burst of bad behavior – you eat McDonald’s or somewhere with food filled with fat, sugar and empty calories. Is this a burst of bad behavior or backsliding and the evaporation of a trend toward personal growth?]]>

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