When we fail, or when life delivers us a setback, we become so hopeless that our immediate response is to give up.
It’s an easy trap to fall into and many of us
might have already.
You can probably relate to, when you’ve been
unsuccessful, and that experience has discouraged you from trying again.
Learned helplessness is a trap that anyone can
fall into. But, anyone can get better at handling adversity, and avoid the trap
of learned helplessness.
People with an optimistic explanatory style
interpret adversity as being local and temporary, while those with a
pessimistic explanatory style see these events as more global and permanent.
Their beliefs then directly affect their actions.
So the next time you have a setback, stop and
consider for a moment how you’re explaining it to yourself – optimistic or
pessimistic explanatory? It could make
all the difference.
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