Your Notes for Video 3.4 A

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Your Notes for Video 3.4 A
Suggestion: As you watch the video, you may want to use these note pages to
capture the points you want to remember.
(0:00) Dealing
with Stress
(2:49) Time Out
(Richard Kadison)
(5:44)
Ellen DeGeneres
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(6:09) The Cost
of Stress
(8:30)
Reframing the
Question: The
Case of Stress
(11:15) Stress
is Not the
Problem…
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(13:20)…Lack
of Recovery
is the
Problem
(14:05) We
Have the
Innate
Capacity to
Handle Stress
(15:15) “The
Power of Full
Engagement”
(Leyer and
Schwartz)
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(16:51)
Derek
Clayton
(19:06) More
is Not Always
Better
(19:28) Multilevel Recovery
(21.32) Time-In: How can you punctuate your life with micro, mezzo and
macro recoveries?
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Fortifying Your Neural Connections
What do you especially want to remember from this session? Take a minute to
review your notes and highlight, star, or summarize below what you want to
remember.
Based on what you’ve learned so far, what is one small doable goal you have
for yourself? Remember to make it something that matters to you.
What is one small doable action you can take in the next 24 hours that will
help you start on that goal?
How will you reward yourself once you’ve taken that action? (e.g., mental or
physical pat on the back, check it off your to-do list, tell someone you did it, take
a walk, play a game, talk with a friend, anything that brings you pleasure).
Congratulations!
You have already completed one-third of the videos for the fourth lesson.
You’re making progress. Continue on with video 3.4 B
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Your Notes for Video 3.4 B
Suggestion: As you watch the video, you may want to use these note pages to
capture the points you want to remember.
(0:00) MultiLevel Recovery
(0:14) Simplify:
Reduce MultiTasking
(0:45) Gay and
Kathlyn
Hendricks
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(2:09) Daniel
Kahneman: “A
Survey Method
for
Characterizing
Daily Life
Experience”
(6:28) Small
Changes Can
Affect Our Life
as a Whole
(8:10) Glenn
Wilson: “The
Impact of
Distraction on
IQ”
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(9:15) Leslie
Perlow: “Time
Famine”
(10:35) Time
Affluence
(14:34) The
Importance of
Saying “NO”
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(16:05) The
Optimal Life
(18:09)
Seeking
Work-Life
Balance
(21:38)
Maybe I
Cannot
Have it All
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(23:32)
Perfect Life
Versus Good
Enough
26:36 Time-In: What can you say “no” to so that you can simplify your life?
What else can you do to reduce stress in your life?
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Fortifying Your Neural Connections
What do you especially want to remember from this session? Take a minute to
review your notes and highlight, star, or summarize below what you want to
remember.
Based on what you’ve learned so far, what is one small doable goal you have
for yourself? Remember to make it something that matters to you.
What is one small doable action you can take in the next 24 hours that will
help you start on that goal?
How will you reward yourself once you’ve taken that action? (e.g., mental or
physical pat on the back, check it off your to-do list, tell someone you did it, take
a walk, play a game, talk with a friend, anything that brings you pleasure).
Congratulations!
You have already completed two-thirds of the videos for the fourth lesson.
You’re making progress. Continue on with video 3.4 C.
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Your Notes for Video 3.4 C
Suggestion: As you watch the video, you may want to use these notes pages to
capture the points you want to remember.
(0:42) Procrastination:
Putting Off or
Delaying, Especially
Something Requiring
Immediate Attention
(1:09) Ellen
DeGeneres
(4:20)
Procrastination
Conference
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(5:55)
Overcoming
Procrastination
(12:54)
“Social Support
and Health
Behaviors”
(Wing and
Jeffrey)
(15:45) The
Optimal Life is
About Finding
the Balance
Between
Recreation and
Deliberate
Effort
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Fortifying Your Neural Connections
What do you especially want to remember from this session? Take a minute to
review your notes and highlight, star, or summarize below what you want to
remember.
Based on what you’ve learned so far, what is one small doable goal you have
for yourself? Remember to make it something that matters to you.
What is one small doable action you can take in the next 24 hours that will
help you start on that goal?
How will you reward yourself once you’ve taken that action? (e.g., mental or
physical pat on the back, check it off your to-do list, tell someone you did it, take
a walk, play a game, talk with a friend, anything that brings you pleasure).
Congratulations!
You have completed all of the videos for the fourth lesson.
You’re making progress. Now it’s time for reflection.
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Write
List the areas in your life that are most important to you. Create a table
with two columns, the first being “The Perfect Life” and the second “The
Good Enough Life.” For each of the life areas that you listed, write down
what would be perfect in the first column, and what would be good enough
in the second column.
Refer to the guidelines for writing tips.
Discuss
Post your reflection paper in your small group discussion forum in the “reply” box.
You may choose to keep all or part of your reflections private. Share what feels
appropriate.
Participate in your small group by reading and commenting on your peers’ writing.
When responding, refrain from giving advice. The reflection papers are not an
invitation to a therapeutic intervention or a coaching session! Respond only from
your direct experience. For example, notice what lifts, intrigues, or confuses you.
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Reading
Here is the reading we’ve selected to expand and fortify your thinking for this
session of the module.
Ben-Shahar, T. D. “Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting
Fulfillment.” New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print. C
hapter 10, page
129, second meditation, Chapter 13, page 147, fifth meditation,
Chapter 14, page 151, sixth meditation.
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