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The Path Of Least Resistance
We avoid tasks due to the problematic anxiety making us choose the easy path, in line with the principle of least effort.
If instead of succumbing to these feelings of anxiety, we persist with what we want to do, tolerating the discomfort, we start to learn new coping skills and move towards curiosity and understanding.
We realize that these seemingly large difficulties were just smoke and mirrors, having no real substance, and we simply need to move ahead and focus on the learning.
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Anxiety: The Way You See It
- People with a fixed mindset towards anxiety believe that abilities, skills and intelligence are rigid and unchangeable.
- They give up as soon as there are difficulties in front of them. The truth is that anxiety gets the better of them.
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That Feeling Of Being Stuck
Many of us face moments of not knowing, when we are doing something completely new, like assembling furniture or learning new software, and there is a certain uneasiness that is felt, as we are complete newbies in the particular activity.
We get a strong urge to avoid the seemingly...
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Intelligence Is Malleable
- People with a growth mindset towards anxiety, those who believe that the feeling of anxiety can be changed or taken care of, respond better to difficulties and challenges.
- They don’t respond to anxiety with alcohol, drugs or emotional fluctuation, but instead face the uncomf...
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- The Middle path is the line between luxury and extreme poverty, a balance between overindulging and depriving ourselves of the things we desire.
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Take the path of most resistance
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.” - Chris Bradford
Every second you're making a choice. It's a hidden choice to live your best life or live a life of mediocracy.
The best life is doing things over short-term pleasure or just taking the path of more pleasure. However, ...
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