David D. Burns Quotes

• Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault.

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  Mistake, Failure, Acceptance

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• You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

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  Pensar, Camino, Momentos

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• After all, this is how you learned how to walk. You didn't just jump up from your crib one day and waltz gracefully across the room. You stumbled and fell on your face and got up and tried again. At what age are you suddenly expected to know everything and never make any more mistakes? If you can love and respect yourself in failure, worlds of adventure and new experiences will open up before you, and your fears will vanish.

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  Love, Mistake, Adventure

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• Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.

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  Success, Men, Perfection

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• Every time you feel depressed about something, try to identify a corresponding negative thought you had just prior to and during the depression. Because these thoughts have actually created your bad mood, by learning to restructure them, you can change your mood.

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  Depression, Trying, Bad Mood

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• The best way to confront your fears it to stop avoiding the situation you're most afraid of.

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  Way, Situation, Avoiding

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• A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.

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  Mistake, Glasses, Self

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• Forgive yourself and be ready to forgive yourself in the future. You're gonna screw up. It's okay.

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  Forgiving, Screw Ups, Forgive Yourself

  Fuente: time.com

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• Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

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  Fear, Perfection, Humans

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• La terapia cognitiva se basa en la idea de que cuando se cambia la forma de pensar, se puede cambiar la forma de sentir y de comportarse. En otras palabras, si aprendemos a pensar en los demás de forma más positiva y realista, será mucho más fácil resolver conflictos y desarrollar relaciones personales y profesionales gratificantes.

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  Pensamiento, Ideas, Personas

  "Feeling Good Together: The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work". Book by David D. Burns, 2008.

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• The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

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  Mistake, Views, Ideas

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• You're not a bad person. But you sometimes do bad things. You know what that makes you? Human.

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  Sometimes, Humans, Persons

  Fuente: time.com

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• Can you predict the future with absolute certainty? Your answer must be no. You have two options: You can either decide to accept yourself as an imperfect human being with limited knowledge and realize that you will at times make mistakes, or you can hate yourself for it.

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  Hate, Mistake, Two

  Fuente: time.com

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• Kindness is the cause of all anxiety.

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  Kindness, Anxiety, Causes

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• You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice.

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  Self Esteem, Voice, Worthy

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• Learn to accept your limits and you'll become a happier person.

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  Limits, Accepting, Persons

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• Accept yourself. But realize your behaviors can be bad.

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  Realizing, Behavior, Accepting Yourself

  Fuente: time.com

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• If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.

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  Self Esteem, Compassion, Optimism

  Fuente: time.com

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• Sorprendentemente, es el perdón, y no la culpa, lo que aumenta la responsabilidad. Los investigadores han descubierto que adoptar un punto de vista autocompasivo ante un fracaso personal hace que las personas sean más propensas a asumir la responsabilidad personal del fracaso que cuando adoptan un punto de vista autocrítico. También están más dispuestas a recibir comentarios y consejos de los demás, y es más probable que aprendan de la experiencia.

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  Responsibility, Self, Views

  Fuente: time.com

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• What sentence will you choose to impose on yourself? Are you willing to stop suffering and making yourself miserable when your sentence has expired? This would at least be a responsible way to punish yourself because it would be time-limited.

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  Suffering, Would Be, Way

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• La culpa no ayuda. ¿Qué debería sustituirla? El remordimiento. El remordimiento es cuando te sientes mal por lo que has hecho. La culpa es cuando te sientes mal por lo que eres.

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  Guilt, Helping, Should

  Fuente: time.com

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• Prácticamente todo el mundo sabe lo que es sentirse ansioso, preocupado, nervioso, temeroso, tenso o presa del pánico. A menudo, la ansiedad no es más que una molestia, pero a veces puede paralizarte e impedirte hacer lo que realmente quieres con tu vida. Pero tengo buenas noticias para ti: Puedes cambiar tu forma de sentir.

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  Anxiety, Nuisance, Uptight

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• Apologies do make a difference. Believe it or not, research shows people often prefer them over money.

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  Believe, Apology, Differences

  Fuente: time.com

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• When we're rational about rule-breaking we set a limit. You don't get 30 years in prison for a traffic ticket. But sometimes you sentence yourself to months or years of emotional pain over minor offenses.

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  Pain, Emotional, Years

  Fuente: time.com

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• You're human. You'll screw up. Denying that is crazy. Forgiving yourself has all the benefits of self-esteem without making you a narcissist that's out of touch with reality.

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  Crazy, Self Esteem, Reality

  Fuente: time.com

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