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stupid’’,’’ I am not loved’’. After
the analysis of A-B-C, we can
Controlling emotions,
eliminate these negative beliefs
mastering the mind :
from our belief system and can
Robin Sharma says in one of his think more positively from then
books, ‘’ Mind is a wonderful on.
servant but a terrible master. “ Believing in the power of
It’s quite an inspiring quote as it positivity to overpower the
clearly conveys the need to negativity:
master our minds. One of the A principle called ‘ Reciprocal

keys to be a master of our minds Inhibition’, widely used in
would be monitoring our behaviour therapies, states that
emotions. We can relax and the presence of two mutually
pacify ourselves whenever we opposite forces at the same
feel anxious , or negative about time, inhibits the weaker force .
something. Creative Visualisation If we apply this principle to our
is a very powerful technique, system of thinking our lives will
which happens to expand our get even simpler. We need to

power of imagination and also strengthen our positive thoughts
endows us with immense so that they inhibit the negative
happiness that would eventually ones and hence our positivity will
efface the dark clouds of be triumphant.
negative thoughts. Having reached the zenith of
positivity, we would discover that
Following the A-B-C pattern:
no longer we have to search for
The A-B-C stands for the lighted path but we can even
Antecedent, Behaviour, see the light in the darkness and
Consequences, a technique of light up the darkest days. It
analysis given by Albert Ellis, a might sound like a ‘legerdemain ‘
renowned psychologist, and it is of words that is of no meaning

widely used in Cognitive in the ‘real’ world, but it is
therapies. We can analyse our absolutely true if we can be
own negative emotions (
effective in dealing with our
consequence) by means of
negativity.
knowing the trigger (antecedent)
And if we follow the ways,
of a particular negative
described above and have the
behaviour. The trigger can be an
essential willpower, we definitely
irrational belief like ‘’I am
can.

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