Be careful with your thoughts, your behaviors depend on them
The amazing stream of cognitivism show us how our thoughts determine our conduct. Specifically, Albert Ellis through the rational emotive behavior therapy explains how the irrational beliefs cause irrational behaviors, and what do we have to do for changing it
There are three irrational beliefs that we have to change in order to by happy:
1. To believe that we have to do everything good or perfect.
2. To believe that people always is going to act in good manner, following rules, regulations or following the common sense.
3. To believe that if I want to do something I shall have all the conditions to start and that it should be easy.
Ellis proposes to change these 3 irrational beliefs for rational beliefs that are the following:
1. We have to accept that we are going to fail in some stuffs in our life. Is impossible for everybody to do everything perfect.
2. We have to accept that in a lot of times people is not going to act as we think that they should do. Everybody think different
3. We need to accept that life is hard, and most of the things are difficult and we have to effort if we are trying to succeed. We can´t wait for the perfect conditions for starting to do something.
We have the power to change our irrational beliefs if we want to change our behavior and our lives.