Online: Control freak?

How to let it go!

The need for perfection and control can have negative effects. It might prevent you from enjoying things because you insist on planning every detail. It can even cause panic when faced with unexpected situations.

In this training, you will learn to let go by changing your thoughts and actions. You will discover the benefits of not always needing to be in control and instead focusing on what truly matters.

By entrusting others with responsibilities they can handle, you make things easier for yourself and for them. Rational Effectiveness Training (RET) will provide you with helpful guidance along the way

Theme: Personal effectiveness
Learning to let go and delegate
Reading time: 2 hours, exclusive of practice and assignments
Study time: 12 hours (estimated)
Total duration: 2-6 weeks

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What and how

Do you take on all kinds of jobs so that you can be sure they'll be done properly? Do you like being in control? But would you rather let go more often and overcome your control issues? As a result, do you sometimes lose yourself in both private and work situations? If so, this learning journey is just what you need. You want to embark on this course because you, just like everyone else, sometimes have to cope with stressful situations, wherever they may be. Situations when your emotions take control due, for example, to the fear of failure. But, you can take control of your emotions. Do you want to feel less insecure and come across more self-confident? RET (Rational Effectiveness Training) is a method that can really help.

What will I learn?
The control freak often prefers to have and keep control of everything and isn't at all fond of delegating. Maintaining control... some people couldn't care less. For others it sounds very familiar. In this online course you'll learn how to curb your excessive need for control. You'll find out how it works and, more specifically, how you can cope better. The aim is for it to cause you and those around you fewer problems.

You'll systematically learn to view situations by gaining insight into your thoughts and their impact. The main goal of the RET method is changing yourself by changing your thoughts. External influences can cause stress, but you are the most decisive factor with regard to your stress. The basic principle is: it's not the situations themselves, but the way you think about them that determine how you feel and how you behave. You'll find out exactly how it works in this learning journey.
You'll also come to realize that this excessive need for control is impossible, illogical, and unhelpful. Impossible because you simply can't control everything. Illogical because there are so many things that influence your life that are beyond your control. And unhelpful because of the way your control effects your environment. You'll learn that control is not the solution, but the problem. In this case, perfectionism is not about wanting to perform well, but imposing excessive demands on yourself to be perfect in your work and your life.

What will I do?
In this rational effectiveness training course, you're going to challenge the irrational thoughts of the control freak in you. This will enable you to rid yourself of the basic fear of losing control. You'll achieve this by, for example, intentionally arriving too late for a meeting or working with a colleague whose office, in your opinion, is total chaos.You're going to begin practicing the RET method to learn to cope better with potentially stressful situations. You'll be introduced to the fundamental principles, and you'll learn about the basic emotions and the role they play in RET. You'll also come across the basic terms used in practice.

In this learning journey you'll learn:

how to reduce your excessive need for control
how to understand your thoughts and their impact
how to let go by changing your behavior
how the RET method can help you

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