Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1)

by Thibaut Meurisse

fifty percent of our happiness is determined by genetics, forty percent by internal factors, and only ten percent by external factors.

Your attitude towards life influences your happiness, not what happens to you.

The ego refers to the self-identity you’ve constructed throughout your life. How was this identity created? Put simply, the ego was created through your thoughts and, as a mind-created identity, has no concrete reality.

Interpretation + identification + repetition = strong emotion Interpretation: is when you interpret an event or a thought based on your personal story. Identification: is when you identify with a specific thought as it arises. Repetition: is having the same thoughts over and over. Strong emotion: is when you experience an emotion so many times it has become part of your identity.

Your interpretation of reality creates suffering in your life. Reality in itself can never be upsetting.

Let’s assume you feel sad. Rather than saying, “I’m sad,” a more accurate way to describe that emotion would be: “I feel sad,” or “I experience a feeling of sadness.”

a single line. The authors argue that, at any time, you’re either above or below the line. When you’re above the line, you’re open, curious and willing to learn, but when you’re below the line, you want to be correct and, as a result, you tend to be defensive and closed to new ideas.

The 5 Second Rule. This rule states that you only have a 5-second window to take action before your mind talks you out of it.