Saturday, January 31, 2015

Happiness Tip: Fail at Your New Year’s Resolution



Dr Christine Carter 
a former GPS speaker discusses reacting to setbacks and failures
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Happiness Tip: Fail at Your New Year's Resolution

This week is an important one for people who made New Year's resolutions. Here's why: if you can keep your resolution for the rest of the week, you'll be much more likely to end the year having kept it, too. 


When starting a new habit, it can be frustrating to fail. But failing is also essential to the process of creating a habit that sticks. Unless you are some sort of superhero, you will not be able to get into a new habit perfectly the first time. You'll trip and fall and royally screw up-just like the rest of us. And then you'll have the opportunity to learn something from your failure that you probably couldn't have learned any other way.


In other words, faltering is a normal part of the process. It doesn't matter if you have a lapse, or even a relapse, but it does matter how you respond. If you've had a slip, don't get too emotional or succumb to self-criticism.


Take Action: If you've started faltering, the first thing to do is forgive yourself. Remember, lapses are a part of the process, and feeling guilty or bad about your behavior will not increase your future success. Make a plan for the next time you face a challenge similar to the one that caused your lapse. What will you do differently? What have you learned? What temptation did you face that you can remove? Is there something that you need to tweak? Were you stressed or tired or hungry-and if so, how can you prevent that the next time?

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Happiness Tip: Fail at Your New Year’s Resolution


Friday, January 30, 2015

New York Times Money Columnist Rob Lieber
"The Opposite of Spoiled: How (and Why) to Talk to Your Kids About Money..."
Wednesday, February 4, 7:00 pm at Glenbard South



Monday, January 26, 2015

February is a short month, but filled with Great GPS events:



Rob Lieber: 
“The Opposite of Spoiled: How (and Why) to Talk to Your Kids About Money”
Wednesday, Feb 4, 7:00 pm at Glenbard South




 FAFSA/Finanical Aid Workship
Saturday, February 7, 10:30am-1:00pm 
at Glenbard East




Mark Sterner:
"A Powerful Lesson: Living With The Consequences"
Live Life Well Week Speaker
Thursday, Feb 19, 7:00 p.m. at Glenbard North Auditorium








Dr. J. Stuart Ablon: “Collaborative Problem Solving to Resolve Conflict”

Thursday, Feb 26, 7:00 p.m. at Glenbard West Auditorium

Dr. J. Stuart Albon: “Rethinking Challenging Kids: Collaborative Problem Solving”
Friday, Feb 27, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Glenbard South Auditorium





For More Information: 
GPS Presents Alan Graham, PhD 
Positive Psychology and ADHD Coaching
January 29, Noon-2PM at CCSD #93