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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 12

It is what it is

When I have a stinking cold or a nasty bug, I confess I have a bit of a tendency to mention it.3 Negatively, apparently. Well I’m not going to be positive about it, am I? However I really must learn to stop doing it. Not because it irritates other people, although I’m told that’s a thing, but because it makes me feel worse. Every time I mention it, it reminds me how rubbish I feel. I hear myself saying words like ‘I’ve felt better’ or ‘Pretty rough actually, since you ask’, and ping! I feel pretty rough. What a surprise.

My mother-in-law, who is beyond stoical, takes the opposite approach. When asked how her cold is, I’ve actually heard her reply, ‘What cold?’ She’ll insist she’s fine. The striking thing here, and ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823