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Last week I indicated that I was preparing something to be posted later in the week. It never happened. – My apologies, ‘events’ overtook what I was hoping to offer.
Leadership & Personal Development Resources
Our deepest regrets aren’t just about the things we never did
The key insight starts like this: ‘The foundational finding comes from Thomas Gilovich and Victoria Medvec, who mapped how regret changes over time. They found a consistent temporal pattern: in the short term, people feel sharper regret over things they did, the blunders and bad calls, but over the longer run, regret over things they failed to do comes to dominate and endures far more.’
But wait, there’s more. This is well worth a read and can be accessed here: https://scienceblog.com/g-deepest-regrets-are-the-things-not-done/
Stanford professors share 3 questions to help you decide where to take your life next
Following on the theme of living without regrets, this article offers strategy for laying out possibilities for choices you might make. Important is the notion of silencing the inner critic – the voice that says, “You can’t, that’s silly!”. The article can be accessed here: https://www.upworthy.com/stanford-professors-share-3-questions-to-help-you-decide-where-to-take-your-life-next/
These 5 Psychological Traps Sabotage Your Happiness Without You Knowing It
It could be that changes of direction are not required – simply changing the way we think about where we actually are. This article suggests that five thinking traps may be at the base of our sense of ennui and helplessness in the face of a life, that by all objective measures, looks to be great. I recognise all of them. The article can be accessed here: https://dino-world.com/these-5-psychological-traps-sabotage-your-happiness-without-you-knowing-it-3-41038/
People with ADHD and those who have difficulty starting tasks swear by the ‘Home Shoes’ hack
Finally, something out of left field. You may not have ADHD, but you may experience ‘task paralysis’ – where you find it difficult to get up off the couch and do something that needs to be done. It may be that you’re curious or wanting to ‘help a friend.’ It’s a short and simple read: https://www.upworthy.com/people-with-adhd-and-those-who-have-difficulty-starting-tasks-swear-by-the-home-shoes-hack/
Homilies and Preaching Resources
My response to the lectionary Gospel for the 23rd of August – based on Matthew 16 vs 21-28 is titled ‘A Cross with My Name on it?’ – offered in response to Jesus invitation to his disciples “If you want to become my follower, deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.”It can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqbTKT5CusI
Gospel Conversations – out of the Dunedin Anglican Diocese. They host a conversation of (usually) 4 Theologians / Practitioners. The site with all its options can be accessed here: https://www.calledsouth.org.nz/gospel-conversations/.
Led by Michael Godfrey, rather than the Gospel text, this year they are generally focusing on other parts of the Lectionary. For this coming Sunday, they consider Jeremiah 15 vs 15-21 reflecting on ‘what looks like a bad day for Jeremiah – and God’s promise that, whatever the opposition, it will not prevail. God’s love is always with us…’ It can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3np2XH1GNg
Rev Darryn Hickling (Methodist colleague leading the Rolleston Project) has posted an Instagram reflection focussing on Matthew 16 vs 21-28, and titled ‘What must we let go of?’. It can be accessed here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcamh0HByE2/?igsi=YXRwY2dwZnJzeXE0
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Andrew Doubleday
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