“Spontaneous” thoughts. “Micro” emotions. What of them? They sound harmless, trivial and insignificant. They are constant, continual and cumulative. They can have quite a malign macro impact. Think of them in juxtaposition to Death By a Thousand Cuts: a form of torture and execution. How harmless do they sound now?

The Thought-Emotion Loop & How Micro-emotions Can Lead to All-Consuming Thoughts

theconversation.com

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The minute we make any decision, we begin to justify the wisdom of our choice and find reasons to dismiss the alternative. Before long, any ambivalence we might have felt at the time of the original decision will have morphed into certainty. Cognitive dissonance explains why, when the facts clash with our preexisting convictions, some of us would sooner jeopardize our lives and everyone else’s than admit to being wrong.

Cognitive Dissonance: Why We See The Obscure Positives of Our Beliefs And Blind Ourselves To the Prominent Negatives

psychologytoday.com

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If you read it carefully and follow the points your life will change.

You Can Win

by Shiv Khera

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It turns out we probably don’t have “motivation issues”, because, biologically, we’re rarely unmotivated. In fact, we’re almost always and very much motivated, just unproductively or unhealthily so.

What Is Motivation? We’ve Probably Been Thinking About It All Wrong

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Learn what type of expectations should you have for meditation

Meditation- you have high expectations

selfdevelopmentfreak.blogspot.com

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