Stop creating problems that don’t exist

How often is the cause of your troubles not the things that happen but your response to the things that happen? Observe other people, not to judge them, but to increase self-awareness of how easy it is to create your own problems.

In E+R=O terms, don’t make a difficult event (losing, conflict, pain, etc) worse by responding poorly. Don’t make a neutral event (traffic, Monday, change, etc) negative by responding on default.

Life presents enough challenges. Don’t be the cause of your own troubles.

Do the work.