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Dr Alan Jones PhD FRSA
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Oct 28, 2022

How to Stop Worrying About Tomorrow.

What you do TODAY shapes your TOMORROW Worrying about the future is unavoidable. Sometimes, worrying can help us prepare for what may come. However, when worry becomes a persistent issue or an uncontrollable habit, it can impair our ability to function as we usually would and make us less happy…

Self Improvement

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How to Stop Worrying About Tomorrow.
How to Stop Worrying About Tomorrow.
Self Improvement

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Sep 30, 2022

Peddling Hope

Challenges with Self Help and Self Development Literature — Let’s take a step back for a moment and look with a critical eye at some of the attitudes of the self-development and self-help movement. There seems to be a general idea amongst self-help gurus that positivity and hope are the antidotes life’s most devastating issues. With global politics and…

Self Improvement

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Peddling Hope
Peddling Hope
Self Improvement

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Sep 23, 2022

10 Steps to Better Decisions

How to make more positive choices “You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.” ― Michelle Obama We are making choices and decisions all of the time. Some of the decisions we find ourselves needing to make may appear to be inconsequential; some can…

Decision Making

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10 Steps to Better Decisions
10 Steps to Better Decisions
Decision Making

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Sep 19, 2022

Ich Dien : I Serve

Some thoughts about service Unless you’ve been living totally off-grid for the last week or so you will be fully aware of the passing of Queen Elizabeth 11. It’s been a week that has brought the attention of the world to the UK. I’ve no intention in these few words…

Queen Elizabeth

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Ich Dien : I Serve
Ich Dien : I Serve
Queen Elizabeth

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Aug 19, 2022

Pushing Boulders up a Hill

The Meaning of Life — “I intend to live life, not just exist.” George Takei Anyone who knows me knows I’m a Star Trek fan. Apart from anything else, the episodes are full of quotable content, even some of the episode titles. Is there in Truth no Beauty? Dagger of the Mind For the world…

Life

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Pushing Boulders up a Hill
Pushing Boulders up a Hill
Life

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Aug 17, 2022

How important is success?

Thoughts on Success We all live in a time where “success” seems to measure an individual’s worthiness. The question must be how we define success and, more importantly, who defines success for us. …

Success

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How important is success?
How important is success?
Success

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Aug 10, 2022

Thinking about Community

And thoughts about the Green Movement When you hear the word community, what do you think of? Your friends, your village, your school … ?? When you think of “The Green Movement”, what do you think of? Greenpeace, Environmental Activism, Saving the Planet… ?? Perhaps community is about relationships and…

Thoughts

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Thinking about Community
Thinking about Community
Thoughts

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Aug 1, 2022

Happiness and Meaning

The Meaning of Life is Life! For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. …

Happiness

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Happiness and Meaning
Happiness and Meaning
Happiness

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Aug 1, 2022

Political Ramblings

Does Democracy Work? A good friend who attended a regular Zoom group I hosted would often comment when someone suggested we were getting “political” … “We need to get political!” He’d say. I get where he was coming from. Life and living cannot be separated from this thing we call…

Thoughts

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Political Ramblings
Political Ramblings
Thoughts

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Jul 29, 2022

Avoiding Communication Conflicts

Non Violent Communication Sometimes our conversations can flow like a dance of giving and receiving. Sometimes they can become boxing matches and are more about scoring points than sharing feelings. Here are some thoughts about turning those important conversations into dances not fights. Words to be careful with … These…

Communication Skills

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Avoiding Communication Conflicts
Avoiding Communication Conflicts
Communication Skills

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Dr Alan Jones PhD FRSA

Dr Alan Jones PhD FRSA

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Writing about personal development, the mind and future histories. New articles every Monday. Website : www.dralanjones.com

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