Welcome to Darren Daly on demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better every day.

Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

Today we're going to talk about something that could quite literally save your life.

No, that's not hyperbole.

I'm going to give you a mindset shift that can not only improve

your life, but potentially add decades to it. And this isn't some feel-good mumbo-jumbo stuff

either. It's backed by solid science. Let me paint you a picture, okay? Meet Emily, a graphic

designer who's always sweating the small stuff. She prides herself on her meticulous attention

into detail. But this trait also doubles as a source of constant anxiety. One Tuesday morning,

she notices that she's left off an email about a team lunch. Immediately, her mind goes into

overdrive. My boss is unhappy with me. She thinks, my work must be terrible. I'm getting fired and the like.

Does that sound familiar? That, my friends, is the negative filter. People place on most circumstances

that they face, and it is more common than you might think. The human mind tends to jump to the

worst possible explanations and then further catastrophizes the situation.

Most people are pessimists and they don't even know it. And they don't know how much this is

hurting them in time, in energy, in productivity, insanity, and actual lifespan. Oh, by the way,

Emily came to find out it was completely an accidental oversight.

Now, fast forward a few weeks, same situation, different Emily. This time, instead of spiraling,

she takes a deep breath, decides to go and ask her boss directly. Turns out, the invite was sent

to a different Emily in her address book. Not only was Emily invited,

she was actually a key player in the meeting. Instead of jumping to a negative conclusion and

spiraling, she chose the positive, proactive approach. And here's the kicker. Recent research

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