We’ve been advised countless times to set goals, follow our dreams, and attain success. But no one told us how hard it was going to be. Funny thing is that we were told to expect failures on the way, but we didn’t know what it truly meant until we failed the first time and felt like giving up.
It’s at this point that we then try to look for faster roads to success that would be less challenging and that would make us happy. So, we look for secret nuggets that would propel us into that desired future we really crave.
Well here’s a secret…
There’s no secret! There are only principles and methods that you probably …show more content…
Improve Decision Making By Controlling Your Reactions
“Anxiety gets you nowhere. It only gives you something to think about.”
It’s very easy to get anxious when a situation doesn’t turn out the way you wanted it to or get angry when a friend offends you. But here’s what anxiety and anger does to you: these emotions blind you so that you can’t see the positive lesson to be learned in that negative situation. They make you think irrationally so that you become confused and believe that getting angry or being anxious is the only way out.
Anger is never a solution to any problem, and neither is anxiety. But every day, I found myself falling prey to these emotions which smuggled negative thoughts into my head. The only reason why this was so was because I didn’t know I had the power to control my reaction to negative situations. You can choose to remain positive and motivated, no matter how bad the situation proves to be.
Before you get anxious over any situation, find out if you can determine the outcome of that situation. If you can’t control the result, then why worry about it? Do what you have to do and learn to let nature take its course. Likewise, before you get angry at anyone who may have offended you, think about how valuable that person is to you and what might happen if you utter the wrong word. You’d realize that the more you do this, the more positive your words will