Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

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Ego
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Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

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Humans are action biased. We often fail to recognize that success is the balance of doing and refraining from doing.

Mentally strong people DON'T:

-Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves
-Give Away Their Power
-Shy Away from Change
-Waste Energy on Things They Can’t Control
-Worry About Pleasing Others
-Fear Taking Calculated Risks
-Dwell on the Past
-Make the Same Mistakes Over and Over
-Resent Other People’s Success
-Give Up After Failure
-Fear Alone Time
-Feel the World Owes Them Anything
-Expect Immediate Results

More here ....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnapp ... hey-avoid/

Dragline
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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

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Nice list -- copied it straight into my journal entry for today.

I like advice phrased in the negative because its usually more concrete and easier to follow. Plus it encourages improvement by subtraction.

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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

Post by sshawnn »

That is a fine list Ego

Glad you posted it!

George the original one
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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

Post by George the original one »

Ego wrote:-Give Away Their Power
-Worry About Pleasing Others
The inclusion of these two items tells you it was written for executives rather than average employees 8-)

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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

Post by henrik »

Ego wrote:-Give Up After Failure
I mentally *reasonable* person would first figure out the cause of the failure and then decide whether to give up or try again:)

sshawnn
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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

Post by sshawnn »

George the original one wrote:
Ego wrote:-Give Away Their Power
-Worry About Pleasing Others
The inclusion of these two items tells you it was written for executives rather than average employees 8-)

....which is pertinent as aren't we all (aspiring) executives of our own domains?

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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

Post by vivacious »

Listen to the schadenfroh comments people make. People are miserable, selfish creatures. Don't f--king listen to it.

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Re: Things Mentally Strong People DON'T Do

Post by vivacious »

Sorry wasn't trying to be too negative but I always thought the concept of schadenfreude which is pretty common is one of the most annoying parts of life.

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