Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - Learning to Enjoy Beating Your Brain

Did someone tell you today that you were inappropriate or wrong? Did you come away from that interaction feeling like they were right and you weren’t good enough?

Please don’t do that to yourself.

It’s easy to let the brain’s negativity bias take over and beat yourself up with what other people say about you. Don’t take the easy road…take the road that challenges what that person said, examines it rationally, and puts it into perspective.

For example, let’s say someone says you’re lazy. Maybe your brain starts reminding you of all the times you rested instead of doing something that needed doing, and so you might conclude that the person is right and you are lazy.

Your brain took the easy, automatic road. You can choose to take a different one – why did that person think you were lazy? Maybe you were doing something that felt more important to you, and they didn’t think it was important at all.

That’s not evidence of your laziness, that’s evidence of a difference in priorities, and people almost always have differing priorities. Don’t use someone else’s opinion of you to beat yourself up – put it into perspective and walk away feeling good about you, your priorities and your life.

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