I want to focus on “what else might be true”.

There are many times where I become one track minded and don’t leave room for other possibilities. I need to begin thinking what else can be true. What other perspectives I am missing. When I think to myself, it gets very bad and I would like to stop doing that.

Also, every time I clash with people, I always seem to think my perspective is always the most effective and correct one. Sometimes, it’s hard to see any positive until I calm down of other people’s perspective. Even more so when I let my emotions take over.

When I start thinking what else might be true, I know I will begin to stress less and leave room for flexibility. Here’s one proven fact that I learned today that should help me work on this. I talked about this before, but I want to go back to it.

It’s called labeling emotions. When emotion feels overwhelming, labeling it actually calms the brain. This is because your prefrontal cortex (the rational part) gets activated.

I need to get into the habit of labeling every emotions that I feel and make that into a natural behavior for myself. I think this will really take me to the next level.