All-or-Nothing Thinking: A Cognitive Trap That Makes People Unhappy

Learn to embrace grey thinking

Thomas Oppong

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Unlike flexible thinking, which is a helpful way of approaching challenging situations and can help prevent us from becoming overwhelmed, all-or-nothing thinking is more self-limiting and makes people miserable.

All-or-nothing thinking is when we think in

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Thomas Oppong

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