Declare War on Yourself: How to Get Your Act and Life Together to Become a Better Version of Yourself by Summers Marc & Summers Marc

Author:Summers, Marc & Summers, Marc [Summers, Marc]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2017-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

YOUR EMOTIONS MAKE THINGS WORSE

“Problems” aren’t as bad as we “think” and “feel” they are. They’re more imaginary than real. We take simple problems, add emotion to them, and allow them to grow out of control. Hamlet says, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me, it is a prison.”

Do you develop emotion when you see a rock? Do you see it as a problem? Does a rock make you angry and upset? Does it make you extremely happy? I hope not. It’s just a rock. It just “is” what it is. It’s not good. It’s not bad. It’s a very neutral thing. It’s neutral because we, naturally, don’t make analytical and emotional investments in it.

Your perceived problems are no different than a dumb rock. That person, event, and thing you see as a “problem” isn’t good and it isn’t bad. It just “is what it is”. It’s neutral. It’s nothing and you’re turning it into something bigger and worse through your thinking, emotions, and perception of it. Assigning and labeling it as “good” and “bad” doesn’t make it true. It doesn’t make it fact. It’s just your perception of what you think, feel, see, and believe when you look at that person, event, or thing.

Very few things you label as “big problems” are actually real problems. Most of them are, literally, nothing. They’re as unimportant as a rock. Traffic jams are not “problems” but you allow them to make you angry and unhappy because you create the “problem” using your thoughts, emotions, and perceptions. People aren’t actually THAT stupid, you aren’t actually that much of a smarter driver, and your day isn’t as bad as you think it is. Things are only “problems” because we’re making them into problems. We create the illusions of a “problem”. If it actually is a problem, we’re making it worse than it actually is.

What everyone sees as a problem, see it as nothing. See it as a rock and, logically, not emotionally, figure out how to handle and solve it.

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