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How to create a positive work environment
Techniques for cultivating gratitude and mindfulness at work
How to find purpose in your work
Set a timer and a goal
Have a time frame for self criticism. Snap out of it once it is over.
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Expand your definition of success
Try focussing on the small wins and doing the processes well.
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Name your inner critic
Create psychological distance from self-criticism by personifying it. For example, choose a silly name or a character from a movie or a book and have that person criticise you.
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Avoid generalization
Don't try to generalise your faliures. Be specific about what went wrong while narrating it to a 3rd party.
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Flip the “what if” narrative
Use your ability to contemplate what-if scenarios to visualise good events.
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Time
Time is a great way of categorizing events that have happened over a fixed time duration.
Use it to present and compare events over a fixed time duration. It allows us to observe and compare changes that occur in that time frame.
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