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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/

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.

That is a fine list Ego

Glad you posted it!

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

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:)

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

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

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

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.