Comments for Positive Vector http://positivevector.com agency, wisdom, inspiration Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Productivity Web Tools by Shannon Friedman http://positivevector.com/productivity-web-tools/#comment-16302 Shannon Friedman Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:19:00 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=1113#comment-16302 Hi Amanda, I hope Streak helps you! It definitely has helped me *a lot.* An additional trick is that if you are using both Streak and Lettermelater, you can use Lettermelater to foward your reminders in case you end up in a situation where your reminders end up sitting in your inbox. Now when I'm not dealing with a reminder immediately, I use lettermelater to snooze it. I used Streak to create Snippit shortcuts, and set it up so that all I have to do is type my shortcut of "3*" if I want to sleep a reminder or an entire email for 3 days. I also change the subject lines of the emails that I forward to myself as reminders, so that I know exactly what I need to do when the reminder shows up in my inbox. Sorry if this comment is confusing, feel free to message me for clarification if you are interested. Warmly, Shannon Hi Amanda,

I hope Streak helps you! It definitely has helped me *a lot.* An additional trick is that if you are using both Streak and Lettermelater, you can use Lettermelater to foward your reminders in case you end up in a situation where your reminders end up sitting in your inbox. Now when I’m not dealing with a reminder immediately, I use lettermelater to snooze it. I used Streak to create Snippit shortcuts, and set it up so that all I have to do is type my shortcut of “3*” if I want to sleep a reminder or an entire email for 3 days. I also change the subject lines of the emails that I forward to myself as reminders, so that I know exactly what I need to do when the reminder shows up in my inbox.

Sorry if this comment is confusing, feel free to message me for clarification if you are interested.

Warmly,
Shannon

]]> Comment on Productivity Web Tools by Amanda http://positivevector.com/productivity-web-tools/#comment-16301 Amanda Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:10:40 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=1113#comment-16301 These are great tools! I have an overwhelming inbox, which gives me an unproductive attitude toward it, as in, if I can't finish it all, why even deal with it a little? But Streak might help with that. I've started using the location-specific function in the Reminders app built into my iPhone. I can set an alarm to go off when I arrive at my house to "water the plants", or, when I'm leaving, "Don't forget homework!" When I have a work date with my friend, I can set it to remind me to give her some books when I reach the coffee shop. It's awesome! These are great tools! I have an overwhelming inbox, which gives me an unproductive attitude toward it, as in, if I can’t finish it all, why even deal with it a little? But Streak might help with that.

I’ve started using the location-specific function in the Reminders app built into my iPhone. I can set an alarm to go off when I arrive at my house to “water the plants”, or, when I’m leaving, “Don’t forget homework!” When I have a work date with my friend, I can set it to remind me to give her some books when I reach the coffee shop. It’s awesome!

]]> Comment on How to Change Your Mind #3. Listen to Your Story. by Sue Bock http://positivevector.com/how-to-change-your-mind-3-listen-to-your-story/#comment-16250 Sue Bock Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:10:06 +0000 http://74.207.242.20/?p=7#comment-16250 Excellent point. Requesting cooperation and giving support to the thoughts , I believe will help to deflate the resistance. Excellent point. Requesting cooperation and giving support to the thoughts , I believe will help to deflate the resistance.

]]> Comment on What To Do Before You Die #5 – Let Yourself Be Happier by Sue Bock http://positivevector.com/what-to-do-before-you-die-5-let-yourself-be-happier/#comment-16249 Sue Bock Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:07:05 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=633#comment-16249 Bravo Shannon Life is full of choices. You' chosen one of my favorites....happiness. Thank you for sharing Bravo Shannon
Life is full of choices. You’ chosen one of my favorites….happiness. Thank you for sharing

]]> Comment on What To Do Before You Die #4 – Stay in Touch With Friends by Sue Bock http://positivevector.com/what-to-do-before-you-die-4-stay-in-touch-with-friends/#comment-16248 Sue Bock Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:01:25 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=623#comment-16248 Shannon this is brilliant! Creating an intentional community is having a built in family that you chose. A support system that keeps on giving. Shannon this is brilliant! Creating an intentional community is having a built in family that you chose. A support system that keeps on giving.

]]> Comment on How to Deal With Embarrassment #4 – Taking it as a Signal to Change by How to Deal With Embarrassment #1 – Embarrassment in the Future http://positivevector.com/how-to-deal-with-embarrassment-4-taking-it-as-a-signal-to-change/#comment-16142 How to Deal With Embarrassment #1 – Embarrassment in the Future Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:53:29 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=677#comment-16142 [...] To take embarrassment as a signal and use it to not do the thing again! [...] [...] To take embarrassment as a signal and use it to not do the thing again! [...]

]]> Comment on Embarrassment #3 – How to Not Be Embarrassed and/or Calm Down Quickly by How to Deal With Embarrassment #1 – Embarrassment in the Future http://positivevector.com/embarrassment-3-how-to-not-be-embarrassed-andor-calm-down-quickly/#comment-16141 How to Deal With Embarrassment #1 – Embarrassment in the Future Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:40:39 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=667#comment-16141 [...] To learn how to not be embarrassed and/or to calm down quickly when you are embarrassed [...] [...] To learn how to not be embarrassed and/or to calm down quickly when you are embarrassed [...]

]]> Comment on How to Deal With Embarrassment #2 – Use Curiosity and Observation by How to Deal With Embarrassment #1 – Embarrassment in the Future http://positivevector.com/how-to-deal-with-embarrassment-2-use-curiosity-and-observation/#comment-16140 How to Deal With Embarrassment #1 – Embarrassment in the Future Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:39:59 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=658#comment-16140 [...] To observe yourself feeling embarrassed from a place of curiosity. [...] [...] To observe yourself feeling embarrassed from a place of curiosity. [...]

]]> Comment on Top 10 Ways to Change Your Behavior Immediately #2: Cultivate Positive Mind-States by Top 10 Ways to Change Your Behavior Immediately #6: Turn it into a Game! http://positivevector.com/top-10-ways-to-change-your-behavior-immediately-2-cultivate-positive-mind-states/#comment-16139 Top 10 Ways to Change Your Behavior Immediately #6: Turn it into a Game! Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:32:41 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=333#comment-16139 [...] than herding cats sometimes.  So turn your resistance into a game.  From a place of curiosity and compassion, start trying different things to see how the primate responds.  Could you actually trick him into [...] [...] than herding cats sometimes.  So turn your resistance into a game.  From a place of curiosity and compassion, start trying different things to see how the primate responds.  Could you actually trick him into [...]

]]> Comment on Top 10 Ways to Change Your Behavior Immediately #2: Cultivate Positive Mind-States by Top 10 Ways to Change Your Behavior Immediately #10: Actively Recover and Try Again http://positivevector.com/top-10-ways-to-change-your-behavior-immediately-2-cultivate-positive-mind-states/#comment-16138 Top 10 Ways to Change Your Behavior Immediately #10: Actively Recover and Try Again Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:52:23 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=333#comment-16138 [...] you still can’t seem to bring yourself to work.  First, I want you to repeat step two and show yourself a little compassion.  Did you do that?  Good.  I’ll bet you’re feeling better [...] [...] you still can’t seem to bring yourself to work.  First, I want you to repeat step two and show yourself a little compassion.  Did you do that?  Good.  I’ll bet you’re feeling better [...]

]]> Comment on Download Will Ryan’s 4-page report: Low-Hanging Fruit for Health and Wellness by What To Do Before You Die #5 – Let Yourself Be Happier http://positivevector.com/download-will-ryans-4-page-report-low-hanging-fruit-for-health-and-wellness/#comment-16129 What To Do Before You Die #5 – Let Yourself Be Happier Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:02:17 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=339#comment-16129 [...] important to keep trying.  Shed those layers of bad mental programming to make yourself happy.  Improve your diet to make yourself happy (that’s a big one).  Spend your time with people you find fun, [...] [...] important to keep trying.  Shed those layers of bad mental programming to make yourself happy.  Improve your diet to make yourself happy (that’s a big one).  Spend your time with people you find fun, [...]

]]> Comment on IFS Practice Group this Sunday (Nov 5): Make Friends with the Voices in Your Head by IFS Practice Group this Sunday: Observe the Non-Unitary Mind in Action http://positivevector.com/ifs-practice-group-this-saturday-nov-5-make-friends-with-the-voices-in-your-head/#comment-16120 IFS Practice Group this Sunday: Observe the Non-Unitary Mind in Action Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:19:59 +0000 http://74.207.242.20/?p=27#comment-16120 [...] This Sunday, we’re hosting a practice group where you can not only experience Internal Family Systems therapy, but learn to facilitate your friends. Experiencing IFS has lead to my becoming better, happier, and more productive . If you’re interested, read more here: or here. [...] [...] This Sunday, we’re hosting a practice group where you can not only experience Internal Family Systems therapy, but learn to facilitate your friends. Experiencing IFS has lead to my becoming better, happier, and more productive . If you’re interested, read more here: or here. [...]

]]> Comment on How to Beat Fatigue #13. Talk to Someone. by Karla http://positivevector.com/how-to-beat-fatigue-13-talk-to-someone/#comment-16112 Karla Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:20:02 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=472#comment-16112 Very useful blog. Keep up the good work. Very useful blog. Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on What To Do Before You Die #1 – Be True to Yourself by Patrick http://positivevector.com/what-to-do-before-you-die-1-be-true-to-yourself/#comment-16111 Patrick Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:48:15 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=593#comment-16111 This reminds me of a passage from Seneca: I can give you a saying of your friend Epicurus and thus clear this letter of its obligation. "It is bothersome always to be beginning life." Or another, which will perhaps express the meaning better: "They live ill who are always beginning to live." You are right in asking why; the saying certainly stands in need of a commentary. It is because the life of such persons is always incomplete. But a man cannot stand prepared for the approach of death if he has just begun to live. We must make it our aim already to have lived long enough. No one deems that he has done so, if he is just on the point of planning his life. You need not think that there are few of this kind; practically everyone is of such a stamp. Some men, indeed, only begin to live when it is time for them to leave off living. And if this seems surpising to you, I shall add that which will surprise you still more: Some men have left off living before they have begun. As a matter of fact, pretty much everything Seneca ever said about death is a gold mine in this regard, especially his essay, On the Shortness of Life. http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/seneca_younger/brev_e.html This reminds me of a passage from Seneca:

I can give you a saying of your friend Epicurus and thus clear this letter of its obligation. “It is bothersome always to be beginning life.” Or another, which will perhaps express the meaning better: “They live ill who are always beginning to live.” You are right in asking why; the saying certainly stands in need of a commentary. It is because the life of such persons is always incomplete. But a man cannot stand prepared for the approach of death if he has just begun to live. We must make it our aim already to have lived long enough. No one deems that he has done so, if he is just on the point of planning his life. You need not think that there are few of this kind; practically everyone is of such a stamp. Some men, indeed, only begin to live when it is time for them to leave off living. And if this seems surpising to you, I shall add that which will surprise you still more: Some men have left off living before they have begun.

As a matter of fact, pretty much everything Seneca ever said about death is a gold mine in this regard, especially his essay, On the Shortness of Life.

http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/seneca_younger/brev_e.html

]]> Comment on What To Do Before You Die #1 – Be True to Yourself by Lawrence http://positivevector.com/what-to-do-before-you-die-1-be-true-to-yourself/#comment-16106 Lawrence Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:48 +0000 http://positivevector.com/?p=593#comment-16106 Good article but i was really looking forward to the other 4. The first one is a theme many of us have herd before and I naturally feel every time I ive hit a birthday after 30. Good article but i was really looking forward to the other 4. The first one is a theme many of us have herd before and I naturally feel every time I ive hit a birthday after 30.

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