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Practicing empathy in relationships and communication
Understanding the importance of balance in personal and professional life
Defining your path in life
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Focus on the facts
Take a step out of the emotions and stress to really look at the facts of the situation. Try to look at the situation objectively and seek ways to work productively toward solving it.
Get an outside perspective, if you struggle with getting the facts in an objective manner.
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Accept your emotions
Recognize what happened and how you feel. Suppressing your emotions will get you nowhere. It’s important to first focus on how you feel.
You can also journal your emotions or speak with a close confidante. Or you can go to therapy, of you think it's right for you.
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Forgive yourself
Use failures of your bad decisions as leverage for future success. You will make mistakes in life, but what determines your future success is how you respond.
Also, accept your regret. It can help you remember the things you want to avoid in life and actually help you make better decisions....
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Don't let it consume you
Once we’ve made what we’d call a bad decision, we give it a lot of meaning it does not inherently have.
So try to mentally separate yourself from the decision. Doing so can help you strip it of its power.
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Create a decision-making process
... for future big decisions:
- Identify the decision/problem. Be as clear as possible.
- Collect information that will assist in your decision-making.
- Consider various solutions.
- Weigh the evidence for each potential solution.
- Make your decision.
- Ta...
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Manage your negative emotions
When you’re able to manage and reduce your negative emotions, you’re less likely to get overwhelmed.
If someone is upsetting you, don’t jump to conclusions. Instead, allow yourself to look at the situation in a variety of ways. Try to look at things objectively so you don’t get riled up as...
Challenge your thoughts
Remember that your emotions will interfere with your ability to look at situations objectively.
Take a step back and look at the evidence. What evidence do you have that your thought is true? What evidence do you have that your thought isn't true?
The 'revolving door' approach
... is a technique that relies on using an outside perspective.
If you're stuck in a big decision, you have to pretend you're a new CEO or a turnaround manager who can "see things more clearly." Adopting a third-person perspective helps you tap into an objective mode of judgmen...
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