Micro Misconcepts A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. The Contentment Equation I Wish I Learned Earlier 21st November 2025 | misconcepts.org I think about this quote constantly. "Expectation is the mother of all frustration." – Antonio Banderas Picture this: You order a delicious-sounding dish at a restaurant. When it arrives, it’s nothing like you imagined. Suddenly you’re disappointed, maybe even angry, even though seconds ago you were buzzing with excitement. What...
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Micro Misconcepts A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. Three Ways to Feel Grateful When Lists Stop Working 14th November 2025 | misconcepts.org You know that sinking feeling when your gratitude practice starts to feel like a chore? I’ve been there. We're well-versed in the importance of gratitude. We commit to listing three things we're grateful for each day. Day one feels great. By day five, you're staring at a blank page, resisting the temptation to recycle yesterday's...
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Micro Misconcepts A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. The Real Cost of Your “Yes” 7th November 2025 | misconcepts.org For years, I said yes to things I wanted to say no to. Dinner invitations that drained me. Social activities I had no interest in. Why? I feared saying no would push people away. Growing up as a bit of a loner, I craved social acceptance. So I chased it through people-pleasing. But little did I know that my forced yeses weren't just draining me, they were...
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MICRO MISCONCEPTS A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. You're Not Lost. You Just Think You Are. 31st October 2025 | misconcepts.org That gnawing feeling of being "lost"? It's not what you think. For years, I tortured myself searching for my purpose, that one right path that would finally make everything click. Turns out, I was asking the wrong question entirely. Here's what I've discovered: You're not lost because you can't find your way. You're paralysed because you...
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MICRO MISCONCEPTS A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. The Lonely Chapter of Growth 24th October 2025 | misconcepts.org In the beginning, growth feels exciting and everyone cheers you on. In the end, growth feels rewarding and everyone congratulates you. But there’s a stage of growth in between that nobody prepares you for, a stage where you are all by yourself. The Lonely Chapter As you grow and develop yourself, there will inevitably be some people who feel threatened,...
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MICRO MISCONCEPTS A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. The Four-Word Question That Cured My People-Pleasing Habit 17th October 2025 | misconcepts.org Here's the irony of being a people-pleaser: the very thing you do to avoid disappointing others ends up disappointing the person who matters most—you. For years, I said yes to everything. Dinner invitations that made me miserable. Obligations that drained my energy. Decisions that pulled me further from the life I actually...
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MICRO MISCONCEPTS A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. 10th October 2025 Issue# 014 How I Finally Stopped Worrying About What Other People Think of Me Eleanor Roosevelt said this nearly a century ago... "You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realised how seldom they do." ...and yet here we are, still paralysed by imaginary judgements. We all know the advice: stop caring what others think. The logic is sound - most people aren't thinking about...
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MICRO MISCONCEPTS A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. 3rd October 2025 Issue# 013 What I Learned When I Stopped Postponing Pain Ever noticed how the things that cause you the most pain keep showing up in your life? I used to think “that’s just the way it is”. Turns out, there was another way. I used to dread family gatherings for days beforehand. The anxiety, the fake performances, playing games I didn’t want to play. It was exhausting. But something shifted when I...
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MICRO MISCONCEPTS A weekly upgrade for your misconcepts in under 5 minutes. 26th September 2025 Issue# 012 You Will Always Feel Pain - But You Get to Choose Which Kind Every morning, you wake up and choose your pain. The question is: are you choosing wisely? Your brain has a 300,000-year-old operating system running on 2025 hardware. Back when survival meant conserving energy and avoiding threats, this system served us brilliantly. But today, it's quietly sabotaging your potential. This very...
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