The only convincing excuse for thinking negatively about self and other people is lying to yourself and existing on the life scale below the 500 mark. The "life scale" is a measurement from 0 to 1,000. Those who dwell beneath 500 are suffering from self defeating thoughts and actions. Self-deceived analytical people observe life from within the box. The issue with negative thinking self-deceived people is they aren't aware they are duped. They cannot believe that they are wrong hence everybody else has to be wrong. They're blind to solutions or self improvement that would take them out of their box so they can experience life above 500. Self-deceived negative thinking individuals who exist beneath 500 are pessimistic, fault finding, cynical, aloof, irate, controlling, infuriating and always rationalizing. Living with such people is a situation in which both parties lose since people will always have weaknesses that negative people will focus on.
Larry Lloyd is the founder of <a href="http://www.accilifeskills.com/introduction.php">American Community Corrections Institute</a> (ACCI), which sponsors a blog on the subject of <a href="http://www.cognitivelifeskills.com/category/anger-management/">anger management</a> and related issues.
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