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Tools for Quickly Regaining Your Perspective When You Are About to "Lose It"
By Jane Herman

Jane Herman We all need something to restore our perspective when it gets out of whack - when we find ourselves in difficult situations - when the tension, anger or anxiety are growing and our self control and logical thinking are going out the window. Keeping disruptive emotions and impulses in check is vital both at work and in your personal life. That is why it is essential to pre-arm yourself with tools you can use to restore your balance when you begin to tip over the edge.

When things get difficult you need techniques to "self soothe" - to calm yourself down and relax your body and mind so that you can deal with the situation or "let it go" without doing long term damage to your self, your relationships, or your reputation.

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Try an Expiriment
By Jane Herman

At some level we all understand the concept that experience is a good teacher and that some things can only be truly learned or understood though personal experience. Yet we often strive to figure out our lives (careers, relationships) or solve our problems at a strictly intellectual level and downplay or ignore the importance of experimentation - the "learn by trying/doing" part of the equation. We cling to the idea that we should be able to simply "figure things out" by mulling things over, applying logic, and mentally weighing alternatives, and thus we become armchair examiners of, and theorists about, our lives. Relying on thought is a natural human tendency but why do we do this? Is there a better way?

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