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How To Recover From A Bad Day (TPS374)


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We’ve all been there.

You had a day that just went all wrong. Maybe you or someone else made a mistake, or some crisis came up and your day went totally downhill, or maybe you have some sort of habit you’re trying to keep (or break) and you backslid a bit.

Maybe it was a healthy eating goal, or a fitness goal, a reading goal, or maybe you talked over someone in a meeting and you’re trying to stop that.

Whatever it is, you had a setback and you’re not happy about it. It happens!

In this episode, we are going to share 3 tips so that you can recover from a bad day, and come back stronger than ever.

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Thanks also to JustWorks! Justworks.com

You can find links to everything that we share in the show notes by going to theproductivityshow.com/374.

Cheat Sheet:
  • Top 3 Productivity Resources [2:46]
  • How do you get to the source of a bad day? [6:07]
  • What is “affect labeling?” [9:14]
  • What is tip #2 for recovering from a bad day? [14:56]
  • How do you ask yourself for advice? [15:34]
  • How has Thanh practiced giving self-advice? [17:18]
  • What is the third tip to recover from a bad day? [21:48]
  • How does Thanh mentally re-frame a bad day? [30:07]
  • Action step to integrate today’s topic into your life [35:17]
  • Links:
    • Daylio (Mood Tracker)
    • Book: Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits
    • Book: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
    • Revisiting The TEA Framework: Should We Add This 4th Pillar? (TPS275)
    • Study: “Affect Labeling”
    • Dojo
    • Thinking Time: the Counterintuitive Approach to Growth (TPS162)
    • The 3X Rule: Solve Your Recurring Problems Once And For All (TPS345)
    • TPS+
    • Quiz
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