Emotional agility is the skill of being with your feelings, loosening your grip on old stories, and still choosing behavior that serves your values.
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Susan David
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Discomfort is not a stop sign. It is information asking to be named before it is obeyed.
You can have a thought without becoming the thought. The space between the two is where choice returns.
Values are not abstract ideals. They are the qualities you want your actions to carry under pressure.
Avoidance makes emotions more powerful by teaching the mind that they are too dangerous to face.
Tiny tweaks matter because emotional agility is practiced in moments, not announced in resolutions.
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