16 Critical thinking, abundance, and living courageously
No. 16 – 24 March 2023
Welcome to the 16th edition of 4-TP, a weekly newsletter with the actionable insights you need.
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TPL Article
Apply critical thinking techniques to those hard-to-overcome emotions like stress, anxiety, and anger.
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Insight
Marc Brackett, Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, on allowing oneself to feel their emotions:
"When we ignore our feelings, or suppress them, they only become stronger. The really powerful emotions build up inside us, like a dark force that inevitably poisons everything we do, whether we like it or not. Hurt feelings don't vanish on their own. They don't heal themselves. If we don't express our emotions, they pile up like a debt that will eventually come due."
Micro Thought
Our perception of the world can drastically change when we choose to view people as our allies rather than our competition. This abundance mindset converts our thinking in five essential ways:
We don’t feel threatened or down by others doing better than us.
We know there's enough success to go around.
We learn and feel inspired by them.
We know we can get better with the right effort.
We focus on our own progress and don't measure success by someone else's standards.
A scarcity mindset is just the opposite.
Question
Renowned psychologist Dr. James E. Loehr discusses the importance of not just being physically present but fully engaged in the task at hand to reach optimal performance and fulfillment.
Most of the time, it's an issue of energy management, not time management. E.g., too little focus spent on our physical energy like exercise and nutrition and too much spent on our mental energy such as work or school.
Which energy sources are you neglecting in your life (mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual) and what can you start doing about it?
Till next week,
— Carlos & Stef
