How would life be different if you were willing to fail and disappoint others? If you simply stopped avoiding it? Would you work less? Try to perfect less? Would you be more decisive? A balanced and successful life includes failures and disappointments. Our goal is not to avoid failure and disappoint, but it’s to build up a tolerance so we no longer avoid them. In this episode, we are going to talk all about failure & disappointment. What they mean, what our brains want us to think they mean and ultimately learn how to build up a tolerance to feel them.
Topics in this episode:
- What is failure, really?
- A new way of thinking about failure & disappointment
- Failure is NOT an emotion
- Why we want to feel icky emotions that come from failing and disappointing others
- The #1 thing that magnifies failure & disappointment
- 3 things you can do to start building up a tolerance for failure
Show Notes:
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