Comments on: Making excuses http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/2009/09/making-excuses/ Bringing our Universal Values of Aloha to the Art and Heart of Teaching Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Talking Story with Rosa Say http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/2009/09/making-excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Talking Story with Rosa Say Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:17:45 +0000 http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/?p=92#comment-75 <strong>No Excuses...</strong> After the writing of yesterday’s post, it was pretty clear to me that I need to declare an all out war on procrastination. [Yesterday: Cultivating a Well-Behaved Mind - How can we do it?] So as a quick mid-week posting, I thought I’d share ... No Excuses…

After the writing of yesterday’s post, it was pretty clear to me that I need to declare an all out war on procrastination. [Yesterday: Cultivating a Well-Behaved Mind - How can we do it?]
So as a quick mid-week posting, I thought I’d share …

]]> By: Dean Boyer http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/2009/09/making-excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Dean Boyer Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:39:44 +0000 http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/?p=92#comment-74 Thanks, Rosa. I am amazed at how our brains work, too. Even though they might process one thought at a time, I wonder if the speed of thought has an affect. Thanks, Rosa. I am amazed at how our brains work, too. Even though they might process one thought at a time, I wonder if the speed of thought has an affect.

]]> By: Rosa Say http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/2009/09/making-excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Rosa Say Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:24:13 +0000 http://www.teachingwithaloha.org/?p=92#comment-73 That Nike commercial is very powerful Dean, really puts things in perspective. Nike's "Just Do It" motto has always struck me as the very best example of mantra brilliance. Your five steps are good ones, and I think that first one is important from a practical standpoint. True that it helps improve our attitude <em>and</em> I have learned there is also scientific evidence that it is smart strategy. As amazing as our brains are they only deal with one thought at a time - replacing a negative thought with a positive one knocks out the obstacle: <a href="http://talkingstory.org/2007/06/believe-in-your-biology/" rel="nofollow">Believe in your Biology!</a> That Nike commercial is very powerful Dean, really puts things in perspective. Nike’s “Just Do It” motto has always struck me as the very best example of mantra brilliance.

Your five steps are good ones, and I think that first one is important from a practical standpoint. True that it helps improve our attitude and I have learned there is also scientific evidence that it is smart strategy. As amazing as our brains are they only deal with one thought at a time – replacing a negative thought with a positive one knocks out the obstacle: Believe in your Biology!

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