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Forward Thinking

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Claim

Whenever we face a Challenge, we can either dwell on the past, filling ourselves with Blame is attributing fault instead of owning what's in your control or We regret inaction more than action taken for failing to meet our Expectations shape wellbeing through the gap between desires and reality, or we can focus on the road ahead, what we can do now and how we can act better next time Optimism is choosing to believe outcomes can improve through action.

Explanation

Why it Matters

Examples

Supporters

While the first view hurts our Self-worth is accurate assessment of your capabilities and promotes victimhood, this empowers it, focusing on our Agency is the ability to connect desires and actions.

Opposers

Open Questions

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Focus on what you can do next not what went wrong

Overview

🔼Topic:: Inner Critic and Self-Perception ↩️Origin:: 🔗Link::

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