Every great story happened when someone decided not to give up.
From personal experience, giving up often stems from negative emotions. These emotions not only go untrained but are also given room to grow until they’ve eroded the will and drive needed to pursue something meaningful, courageous, or impactful with one’s life and resources — both internal and external, physical and mental.
Why emotions? Because we experience them continuously. Every waking hour, we encounter a range of emotions, which we label differently as moods, excitement, annoyance, hope, doubt, poise, confusion, and so on.
Our choices and actions largely depend on the emotions currently influencing us. The longer and more frequently we feel a certain emotion, the more it shapes our decisions. For instance:
A moody person — often linked with negative traits — may find every reason to withdraw from others, building walls at the slightest hint of misunderstanding or disagreement. Similarly, a doubtful person might consistently look for evidence of their inadequacy. While they may start by challenging these thoughts, trying new things here and there, repeated disappointment can strengthen the habit of doubt until it becomes second nature.
In the end, persisting through life’s inevitable defeats and disappointments requires continuous self-awareness. By recognizing and curbing negative emotions, we can create space to cultivate positive ones.
Positive emotions help us see opportunities in problems, growth in losses, self-discovery in disappointments, and joy in small wins.
“It’s a learning process, and mistakes made in one year often contribute to competence and success in succeeding years.” — Warren Buffett
Remember, “Until death, all defeat is psychological.”
Negative emotions distort setbacks, isolating us from the way the world actually works — for everyone.
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