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2. Get contradictory.

The paradox of happiness is that deliberately striving for it is fundamentally incompatible with the nature of happiness itself.

Embracing and accepting these seeming contradictions improves your tolerance for uncertainty.

In each of these examples, the speaker blames his or her thoughts for his or her actions – or inactions.

People who are hooked into a particular way of thinking or behaving are not really paying attention to the world as it is. They are insensitive to context – what is really taking place, as opposed to what they think is taking place.

Linked to the feeling of disgust, shame focuses on a person’s character.

In the same way, anger can be a sign that something that matters to you is being threatened.

Anger is no fun to experience, but the awareness it provides can be channelled into active steps.