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Once you can stand up for yourself you will learn to respect yourself more

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stayed with problems longer

Self motivation is the ability to use your emotions to cause yourself to take positive action even in the face of obstacles

What are my alternatives? What will achieve more? Looking at the bright side or blaming others?

Ability to handle stress is an aspect of emotional intelligence

Difference between Pooh bear and eeyore

Optimism as a learned response rather an innate one

It means that we can realise that any experience can be turned into positive learning and growing opportunity.

Managing our own emotions means that we can separate healthy from unhealthy feelings and can change our moods from negative to positive.

When we manage our own emotions we are able to understand and take responsibility for them