Hello again, dear Steemians!
In our series of articles about mental distortions and mind errors, we analyze the strangest thought patterns that compel human beings to make mistakes.
At the end of the day, no one could deny that our mind is mingled with mistakes and thoughts that may not be entirely logical or true.
Our emotions often cloud our judgement and our sense of moral obligations drive us to see something in a different light compared to those who are around us.
In today’s post, we are going to talk about falsehoods that our mind convinces us to see as the unbridled truth.
One of the first and most important of these fallacies is about fate and control, and it manifests itself in two different ways; thinking that we have absolute control over our lives and what happens to us, or thinking that we are all victims of a predetermined fate.
These are both erroneous and dangerous ways of thinking. No one is in full control of everything that happens to them, and if they think they are, they will start to blame themselves for literally everything that happens.
The same could be said about a person who has totally at the mercy of a so called ‘fate’ and believes that he is not in control of his life at all.
Even in extremely dire situations, we always have a bit of control and can steer our life in a certain direction.
Another significant fallacy of the mind is our yearning for change in people who are closest to us. We start to think that if we put pressure on people or encourage them enough, or even inspire them to the point of excitement, we can change who they are and how they behave.
While it is always good to encourage other people to change their path and take responsibility for their shortcomings, you should not raise your expectations and think that your happiness or contentment solely relies on them changing and becoming better people.
This is a dangerous fallacy, especially if you are an entrepreneur and have an inadvertent influence on the people close to you.
Another fallacy is what most optimist people might have to deal with at some point in their lives. The fallacy compels your mind to think that the world is fair, and if we work hard enough, we will be rewarded justly.
While that is an admirable thought, it is not a logical assessment of how the world works.
When we are faced with the evidence or proof that life is not fair and our hard and honest work has not been rewarded, we might become depressed or frustrated with the way we are living our life.
This is to believe that the world is absolutely fair, while nothing is ever truly absolute. The world is indeed fair, but to some degree, and one cannot deny the wrongdoings that happen around us all the time.
Fallacy happens when our sentiments take over our logic and force us to think in a way that undermines facts and universal truths.
In order to avert the effects of fallacious and erroneous thinking, we must first detect these fallacies and think about how we may all be victims of its cruel grasp.
If you have ever found yourself thinking in such ways, try to think again with mindfulness and find the fault in your own illogical assessments.
This is the only path to a clearer mindset and way of thinking!
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Important Note!
I have been working very hard on this blog since the beginning. I have a very busy life but I am giving my best and believe me I have shared experiences that I have been coaching thousands of people and I know that the change of the Mindset should be daily. I am already grateful to see you giving upvotes to each other and you can see this with the fact that many already have 8, 9, 10 upvotes. But I'm sure that with the effort of all of us we will see a community with, 40, 50 upvotes and for that everyone should get engaged so we can make it come true. I believe and we can! Resteem...
***Remember Community: Please, if you commented and upvote on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.
You all know the goal! We can reach: 50+ Upvotes each others!
Attention!!!
I'm reading all the meaningful comments from the posts.
I am here making a list of all of you who have helped build this community by voting for each other who write meaningful comments and soon I will respond to everyone with comment and thank you all because I can already see this spirit being built in this Positive Mindset community and help between all of you.
You will receive my upvote in all material and brief comments I will do this in all the posts I am following very closely and I can see what the people who are generous and contribute to this legacy that I am trying to build with all of you can become reality in a short time.
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First of all, I would like to thank all of you, who are the most active and proactive in this community, showing your generosity and always with meaningful comments. From now on I will always make a list of these incredible people who have helped to expand our goal of growing ever more.
But I ask that if you are new around here you read many of the previous posts because they make it clear that we are building a community with respect among all, generosity and this blog is for those who really want to start moving their Mindset to positive and moreover be part of the growth of all of us who contribute to this blog. Please do not ask to include you in the list if you are just wanting upvotes because we want here people genuinely attuned to growth and good attitudes and as I have always said with Respect as the basis of all, generosity and positivity!
ABOUT OUR LIST!!! WE NEED GROW THIS LIST! LET'S GO TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY - RESTEEM!
Feel free if you want to be included in the list of contributors to this community. Just ask at the end of your comment.
Thanks All of You!!!!