We often feel fear when there is a change in our lives because we were comfortable with the way things were, and weβre scared of the unknown. Weβre scared of the future.
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If you can make even just 1% progress every day, you will succeed at anything that you mind and energy towards.
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If you have taken the time to make a deliberate choice, taking positive action will be easier to do than if you are acting reflexively and will have better outcome than just ignoring the situation.
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The universe doesnβt care how you feel, so doing your best to love what gets sent your way is a way to keep yourself from feeling overwhelmed when big changes come.
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Taking on the right amount of physical pain and stress we are also rewarded as our brain tips the seesaw over towards the pleasure side.
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258 β Nothing Endures But Change
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266 β Finding Balance: The Paradox of Pain and Pleasure
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When we stop up and take responsibility for ourselves and practice self control, the better we are able to handle future situations that might be even more challenging.
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The stoics knew from watching human behavior that the pursuit of nothing but pleasure and avoiding pain led to a life of excess and little growth.
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The more we pursue pleasurable things, the more we create a dopamine deficit, and the more we do things that are challenging and at times painful, we are rewarded with a natural dopamine increase.
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Those who handled the emotions better by facing them head on and not trying to repress or ignore them, generally reported a higher quality of life and better memories of the past.
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It is incredibly challenging for people to change their emotional responses.
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It is incredibly challenging for people to change their emotional responses.
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When we give ourselves some space to get curious and just observe whatβs going on, and see how weβre feeling, we can get a fuller picture of whatβs really happening.
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In studying those that managed their emotions in a healthy fashion, they found that there was a similar pattern amongst them...
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The most important things that you have control over is your time, and your focus.
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Complex things are improbable, meaning that complex things are more likely not to work, and the fact that we make them work and work well is pretty incredible.
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You don't need to be naive or blind to the challenges we face, but that you can deliberately chooses to be an optimist.