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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 59

Don’t panic

There are two problems with panicking. First, it feels horrid. Second, it interferes with your thinking process and makes it much harder to be creative or even rational. By its nature, panic takes over your mind and pushes everything else out, and that’s the last thing you need when you’re facing a big emotional or financial problem. Once you start panicking you’re lost, until you can get things back under control – whether that takes minutes or weeks.

Not that easy though, is it? And it doesn’t help that panicking can sometimes seem strangely tempting, in a Fine!-I-don’t-care-why-not-just-ruin-my-life-it’s-rubbish-anyway kind of a way. There’s almost a sense of relief at giving into panic and abdicating any attempt to ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823