Our ability to manage our emotions is key to life
Mlodinow, a theoretical physicist and former faculty member of the California Institute of Technology, is the author ofn September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into a barrage of flak. The plane caught fire and Stockdale ejected.
Psychologists today call that coping mechanism “acceptance,” but it dates back to the Stoics of ancient Greece. They warned against wasting energy on what is outside your control. You can lessen emotional pain, they argued, if you accept that the “worst” may happen and focus only on what you can do to respond in a positive way. That allows emotion to motivate you rather than sabotaging you.
The subjects were divided into two groups, and both were briefed before the game began. One group was trained to deal with the pain by distracting themselves. The other group had an equal degree of training, but was trained to accept the pain. The result? The subjects who practiced acceptance played significantly longer before quitting.
In this case, for example, you might guide yourself to think such thoughts as “People won’t care if I’m late because there are many others at the meeting.” Or “This won’t bother anyone because they know I am usually on time.” Altering the course of how your brain makes sense of things is a way of short-circuiting the cycle that leads to an unwanted emotion.
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