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6 Success Tips for People Who Are Anxious or Sensitive | Psychology Today

6 Success Tips for People Who Are Anxious or Sensitive | Psychology Today.

“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.” – Tom Watson, golfer.1. Get to know your BIS (Behavioral Inhibition System).

People who are anxious or sensitive tend to be high in behavioral inhibition – they’re highly sensitive to “punishment” or just the “potential for punishment.”

In psychology-speak, “punishment” includes both actively negative responses (such as criticism) or something positive been taken away (such as the loss of solitude).
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