Others

How much of our time do we are we thinking about others? How much to others truly think about us?

It’s easy to get lost in that loop where you’re thinking about an interaction with someone and what went wrong. We rarely spend time concentrating on positive interactions but rather spend most of our mental effort over analysing interactions our negative interactions.

How could it have been better? What could I have done to change things?

Another question we rarely ask ourselves is. What was it like from their perspective? Did they truly have a negative experience as well?

We are often so self involved that we don’t extend our thinking to the others that were there. How much are people truly affected by what we say?

Bring some compassion into your thinking. People often aren’t even thinking about you and what you have said. People have their own things going on and are usually busy thinking about those things.

Strive to be better but don’t beat yourself up over small things. It. Won’t. Help. Think in ways that can help you be better. Don’t think in negative ways that don’t help.