• List all the advantages of putting up with highly frustrating tasks and people and the disadvantages of avoiding tasks and people; review the list regularly.
• Get in the habit of engaging rather with rather than avoiding highly frustrating tasks and people who are difficult in order to achieve pleasant results in the long-term.
• To increase your tolerance for frustration, ask yourself these type of questions when life pulls a fast one on you:
  – ‘Is this situation really so terrible or is it just highly inconvenient?’
  – ‘Is it true that I can’t stand this situation or is it more so that I don’t like this situation?’
  – ‘Is this situation truly unbearable or is it just very difficult to bear?’

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