328: Poor Me and Self-Pity

<p data-slate-node="element"><span data-slate-node= "text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string= "true">Have you ever caught yourself trapped in the cycle of saying "Poor Me"?</span></span></span></p> <p data-slate-node="element"><span data-slate-node= "text"><span data-slate-leaf="true"><span data-slate-string= "true">Do you sometimes find yourself succumbing to self-pity when things don't go as planned?</span></span></span></p> <p data-slate-node="element" data-slate-fragment= "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"> <span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf= "true"><span data-slate-string="true">It's a common inclination to allow external factors to dictate how we perceive the world around us—a state I refer to as our "way of being."</span></span></span></p> <p data-slate-node="element" data-slate-fragment= "JTVCJTdCJTIydHlwZSUyMiUzQSUyMmRvY3VtZW50JTIyJTJDJTIydGhlbWUlMjIlM0ElN0IlMjJkb2N1bWVudCUyMiUzQSU3QiUyMmJhY