The Most Common Negative Thinking Patterns Keeping You From Your Goals
Article Round-Up: 12.8.24
Enjoy this week’s curated round-up of articles, podcasts, and more from the web to help you live a healthier, happier life.
Featured Thoughts:
Beat Anxiety With This Strategy From Improv Comedy
Takeaway: “Keep the story moving forward.”
This is a foundational rule in improv comedy. When you’re creating comedy without a script, you don’t know what information will come next. You don’t know if it’ll be funny, yet. But if you keep moving the plot of the story forward, eventually there will come a moment to insert humor.
When we’re feeling anxious about a possible bad outcome, we tend to end the story at that moment of unpleasantness. Instead, take this lesson and ask yourself, “and then what?”
And then what can you do about the situation should that fear come true?
And then how can you solve the problem?
No matter what, keep moving the story forward.
Published This Week:
Unpacking Negative Thinking Patterns In Your Fitness Journey [podcast]
Takeaway: This podcast covers 15 of the most common negative thinking patterns that can prevent you from seeing the results that you want with your fitness program (or in other areas of life too).
Why Strength Training Is The Closest Thing To A Superpower
Takeaway: Strength training isn’t just about building muscle—it makes your body stronger, more resilient, and ready to handle life’s challenges.
From boosting bone density to reducing pain and improving energy, it’s the closest thing to a real-life superpower.
13 Truths About Success Nobody Told You
Takeaway: Here is a summary of the 13 truths shared by the author:
There will be periods of loneliness.
Your anxiety will be proportional to your level of ambition.
Be prepared to do the work nobody sees or celebrates.
The process is always better than the results.
You have to earn it every day, forever.
Adaptability beats planning.
Imposter syndrome and self-doubt never go away.
It’ll take longer than you expect.
Expect higher highs and lower lows.
Money only solves money problems.
Later doesn’t exist. There’s only right now.
No one really ever figures it out.
You’ll only be successful if you define what success means for you.
P.S. Thanks for reading. If you want a text copy of those 15 negative thinking patterns (and how to beat them) shoot me a reply and I’ll send over the pdf guide we put together.
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