Emotions
we’re happy to feel
Emotions
How to be more emotionally intelligent (without trying so hard)
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Joe Hudsonx.comFor people who are very self-reliant/high-agency, allowing the feeling of helplessness is one of the most powerful pathways to feeling supported and not alone in your problems.
My definition of helplessness: Experiencing that there's nothing you can do to change the outcome.
Joe Hudsonx.comPeople get addicted to feeling offended because it gives them a high—that sense of moral superiority, even if caused by anger, secretly feels good.
Mark Mansonx.com
A consistent pattern I notice in all hyper-successful people: The emotion they're trying hardest not to feel is exactly what they're recreating.
Avoid failure → Play it safe → Feel like a failure
I call this the Golden Algorithm. Here's how it works: https://t.co/cufOPZnwCK
3 indicators that you're repressing an emotion:
1) You're stuck in analysis paralysis
2) Your body is tense and contracted
3) You judge others for expressing that emotion
Joe Hudsonx.comHow to let in compliments:
1. Allow your body to relax
2. Don’t deny it - accept the other person’s experience of you
3. Feel it all the way through. Savor it and let it tickle you
If you’re worried that letting in a compliment will give you a big head, it’s... See more
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