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Emotional Tolerance Is A Productivity Superpower
- An anti-skill is the capacity to remain present with anxiety without automatically acting to eliminate it.
- Emotional tolerance prevents unread emails and minor demands from hijacking higher priorities.
Avoided Discomfort Usually Has An Anticlimax
- Oliver learned that starting avoided projects felt far less catastrophic than anticipation suggested.
- Repeatedly tolerating boredom, queasiness, and uncertainty revealed that these emotions were manageable rather than dangerous.
Let Fear Ride Without Taking The Wheel
- Let fear accompany your plans without allowing it to direct them.
- Trying to eject fear can make you lose control, just as throwing a passenger from a moving car risks a crash.