Number 5: Changing opinions
Inflexible opinions are dangerous, no matter the context no argument is immune to change. There will always be perspectives you haven’t heard, there will always be discoveries that force you to rethink your ideas. Yet many people turn a blind eye to all the knowledge they don’t understand.
People become glued to their opinions, they find something they understand and believe their opinion to be the truth, so they block out other perspectives, they ignore new evidence and refuse to change their mind. Over time that stubbornness creates ignorance and a narrow mindedness.
If you are mentally strong you know that opinions can and will change, you consider new evidence, you value the perspectives of others and you have no problem asking for help feedback, or another point of view because you know that changing your mind doesn’t mean you’re wrong, changing your mind doesn’t mean you’re dumb or naïve. It means you’re learning and growing as a person.
So be flexible, be open-minded, and listen to what other people have to say whether you agree with them or not knowledge will make you stronger.
Number 6: Reinforcing boundaries
Do you try to please everyone in your life, do you panic when someone’s upset with you? This is a common problem, you may feel anxious knowing that somebody out there is angry about something you did, you may feel guilty or embarrassed, so you go out of your way to fix the damage you’ve done. You stretch yourself too thin trying and failing to make people happy.
But mentally strong people know it’s impossible to please everyone. So instead of overexerting themselves people with mental strength create boundaries and within those boundaries, they freely dedicate their time and effort to other people but there’s only so far they’re willing to go and that limit revolves around their own happiness.
If helping someone else drives you into the ground then you’re going too far. If pleasing others means sacrificing your goals, you need to take a step back. Kindness and generosity are wonderful traits but before you can make anyone else happy, you have to make yourself happy.
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