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How To Quickly Transform Negative To Positive, Suffering To Massage & Disappointment To Gratitude (Using The Antifragile Response)

Oscar Lagrosen
2 min readApr 27, 2022

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Want to hear the quickest solution to solve unhappiness and suffering?

Acknowledge, learn from and enjoy whatever happens for its own sake, especially when it goes badly.

2000 years ago, the Stoics preached the value of Amor Fati, loving what happens. If you can make every life situation your friend, you do not need to worry anymore. Connect with reality and adjust your expectations accordingly

What is an Antifragile Response?

Fragile things are harmed by chaos, adversity, and surprises, while antifragile things benefit from all of them.

Therefore, an antifragile response is when you react positively to negative events because you know you will become better from them. Chaos, adversity, and surprises fuel better life satisfaction in the moment

You might think: “isn’t it easier said than done?” “isn’t it delusional?” or “can I simply become happy by reframing the situation?”

Yes, you can. Here are three techniques to get you started:

Transform each negative emotion into its positive counterpart

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Oscar Lagrosen
Oscar Lagrosen

Written by Oscar Lagrosen

My articles are transcripts from my YouTube videos. Watch the original videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@oscar-lagrosen

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