Three Mind-Blowing Techniques from the Dalai Lama to Stop Worrying

How to train your mind to be happier.

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We tend to worry about things that never happen, putting ourselves in a bunch of catastrophic scenarios.

Scenarios such as,

• Suffering from a rare, incurable disease.
• We were being fired from our jobs.
• Spend the time thinking that our partners are cheating on us when they are late.
• That Elon Musk writes an unfortunate Tweet, and we lose all the money we invested in bitcoins.
• [Insert your favorite irrational fear here].

We think too much about things we should think less about.

You already know that.

But that’s easier said than done.

Because of that, I’ll share with you three methods from the Dalai Lama to make you think less about catastrophes and more about happiness.

Let’s go.

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