How to Be Mentally Flexible

By Leo Babauta A flexible approach to life is far more valuable than most people realize. Our minds can become too rigid. We want to be right, we want to do things a certain way, we want things to go the way we want them to go. This can lead to a whole host of difficulties we’re causing ourselves with this rigidity: Becoming frustrated all the time Getting into unnecessary arguments with people, trying to prove we’re right Not being able to receive feedback, because of defensiveness Disappointment and discouragement when things aren’t going the way we’d hoped Stress when we’re feeling behind S