Steven Schuster

But now you saw or heard something groundbreaking, and besides, it’s Monday, the first day of the month…

The more educated people are, the greater danger they face to fall prey to overthinking.

You can’t change the natural flow of life, but you can change how you choose to interpret it.

It is the cognitive manifestation of boredom, disappointment, and sense of meaninglessness. Aggressive thoughts like the ones above ease our frustration a little bit. But they create a different type of frustration. It is frustrating when life doesn’t comply with our self-centered needs.

example, if you put too much thought into negative expectations, you’ll constantly fear tragedies and unfortunate outcomes. If you use your thoughts to focus on money, you’ll feel you’ll never have enough. If you want to get a partner desperately, the longer the days will seem when you don’t have one. Whatever you care too much about will eat you alive.

Most of the time you are unconscious about what you power with your thoughts. Your cognitive powers become cognitive habits. They become your default thinking settings.

Changing your mental habits is not about changing the world, but rather accepting it and learning to feel good about it anyway.1

teaches that instead of telling yourself “I am angry” say “I feel anger.” You are not the human form of anger. You just got poisoned by this emotion. Making this little thought switch, you’ll defuse yourself from the emotion.

Emotional reactions, therefore, are more deeply imprinted in our nature than rational responses. In other words, the emotional center has a strong influence on the thinking brain. (Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence, pg. 10-12)

Another typical characteristic of the emotional mind is its strong sense of conviction that its decisions are correct.