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How to handle conflicts
How to identify and regulate emotions
How to develop self-awareness
Mentally create distance by imagining going above or far away from the thought you are having.
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The ultimate social influence, it’s what causes us to pursue certain behaviors merely because we’re close to someone doing the same.
This can be physical proximity or psychological relatedness through the media, for example.
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Forced optimism can’t be sustained, which means it’s only a temporary solution to a permanent problem.
That’s because even negative emotions can have positive consequences, as long as you face them directly and draw the right conclusions. So don’t smile when you don’t feel...
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Values are what helps you make the small, conscious decisions that add up to a life well-lived.
To help you identify your values, each day habitually ask yourself, “As I look back at today, what did I do that was actually worth my time?”
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It means being aware and accepting of all your emotions, even learning from the most difficult ones.
It also means getting beyond conditioned or preprogrammed cognitive and emotional responses to live in the moment with a clear reading of present circumsta...
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“The most effective way to transform your life, therefore, is not by quitting your job and moving to an ashram, but, to paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt, by doing what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“The ultimate goal of emotional agility is to keep a sense of challenge and growth alive and well throughout your life.”
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"Emotionally agile people are dynamic… able to tolerate high levels of stress and to endure setbacks… to act according to their most cherished values and pursue big, long-term goals."
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Sometimes looking at things in the long term can help you to realize that you may be placing too great an emphasis on something. Shift your perspective by imagining that you are panning out and looking at your problems from a great distance.
In the 16th century, the Spanish priest and theologian Ignatius of Loyola suggested three ways you can achieve more psychological distance from a difficult decision:
We should work to distance ourselves from our own problems by adopting a fly-on-the-wall perspective and act as our own advisors.
Another distancing technique is to pretend that our decision is someone else's and visualize it from his or her perspective. B...
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