Challenge Unhelpful Thoughts
Your thoughts influence your emotions; interrogate the evidence for your thoughts.
Example: If you think you'll never succeed, challenge this by listing your past achievements.
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"Master Your Emotions" by Thibaut Meurisse is designed to help a person to understand and manage his emotional life. Here I try to explain certain key ideas from the book.
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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?
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