"Left unquestioned, **each of these sparks of anxiety will dictate how we respond to the world like an invisible program: we’ll misread people, we’ll react incorrectly to new information, and we’ll always revert to trying to forcing the world to change to meet our expectations rather than updating our expectations to better fit the world**. Given how little we know and how big the world is, this is almost always a recipe for more anxiety and, ultimately, failure." (~[Location 427](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081J97HLQ&location=427)~) — [[202308181107 — AtN — Staying calm within disagreements can be a superpower]] and [[202308170954 — AtN — Productive disagreement can be a superpower]] *** **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[anxiety]], [[conflict]], [[confirmation-bias]], [[mindfulness]], [[self-reflection]] **Source** — [[202308170952 — B — Why Are We Yelling]]