Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to think of all the things you don’t like about yourself, or things you wish you could change about your life, than it is to think of your wonderful qualities or all the things going well? How readily can you think of a negative customer service encounter versus a positive one?
As humans, our minds tend to “stick” to negative experiences much more readily than positive (or neutral) ones. This is called negativity bias and it served us incredibly well as a survival mechanism as we evolved. However, while our genetic predisposition towards negativity may have helped us to survive, it is positive experiences and positive emotions that make life worth living. How can we try to train our brains to experience them more, without sacrificing or manipulating the full range of emotions we experience?
Today’s take-away is a practice to help you build awareness of the most common thoughts you experience as a means to start exploring them, rather than simply being swept away by them.
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