Perception Becomes Reality is how positively or negatively you and
your colleagues feel about each other.
Not exact matches
If you're there overtly because somebody has a quota to fill, I can't help but think you may
feel somewhat compromised and your
colleagues may
feel differently
about you than they do
about others.
She also seemed anxious
about how her friends, extended family and former
colleagues at Haugan Elementary — she's teaching at
other CPS schools this year — would
feel about her yearlong secret.
The documents detail political intrigue, betrayal among friends, questions
about use of campaign funds, and even
colleagues closely hugging each
other as they
felt for FBI wires.
Gervais and his
colleague Ara Norenzayan have found that reminding people
about God's presence has the same effect as telling people they are being watched by
others: it increases their
feelings of self - consciousness and leads them to behave in more socially acceptable ways.
Within the lab I bounced ideas off a
colleague and chatted to
other postdocs who were expressing similar
feelings and doubts
about their future career and investigating such alternatives as patent work, investment banking, and technology transfer.
No doubt you've
felt the stress of the year winding down and you are eager to start your summer break, but what a relief it has been for me (and I think a few
other colleagues) to have some important conversations
about our school and how we are relating to one another before we go our separate ways for the summer.
Current users of the book have said: «this is groundbreaking stuff... so simple and so powerful...», «I
feel stronger because I know what to ask
about the evidence... any evidence», «my primary
colleagues love this book... now we bounce off each
other and have become a great school», «Dr Slater is a real living teacher and I think a modern day maverick... as soon as I hear words like «the evidence says...» I use what I got from this book...» «I want the best from my students, my staff and myself and....
In essence, it's
about being professional and taking care, which means don't: agree to meet alone; allow over-familiarity; give out your personal mobile number; meet informally outside working hours and away from your organisation's premises (and certainly don't do so without getting formal approval); allow too frequent contact or over familiarity that may be acceptable with friends,
colleagues and family but not from people with whom you only have a commercial relationship; discuss your private life, or social or recreational interests of you or your partner; accept offers, discounts or
other services or products by the client, customer or contractor; accept hospitality or gifts that you yourself wouldn't pay for from your own pocket; and don't do anything that makes you
feel uncomfortable, obligated or might be open to misinterpretation or might be difficult to explain to your manager, a journalist or an investigator.
-- more frequent communication with my immediate family — more connectedness with
colleagues across the country (and in some cases, around the world)-- becoming acquainted with
colleagues from around the world — finding people who have similar experiences for the purpose of mutual moral support — sharing photos with a lot more people (before digital cameras I did not take photographs since it was too expensive)-- distance learning via the web (courses)-- learning
about subjects of interest in more depth, especially from papers by
others — learning from conferences I was unable to attend in person (through papers posted, blog posts, conference wikis, and photos on Flickr)-- more readily available consumer information — more readily available government information — learning more
about basic health issues — more creative cooking since I have more access to recipes —
feeling more connected to my favourite musical groups / musicians since they now have extensive websites, email notification services, and blogs — better organization of the various groups I belong to