Willingness and Willfulness: Acceptance in Action
United States Department of Homeland Security
Key Points
- Everyday acceptance is dealing with minor issues before they become major issues.
- Everyday acceptance conditions us to become better at radical acceptance.
- Everyday acceptance can be more difficult than radical acceptance.
- Willingness is doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
- Willfulness is doing things your own way even if you make things worse.
- Willingness is effective stubbornness, willfulness is ineffective.
- Radical acceptance is acceptance plus action.
- Willingness is the action.
- All other DBT skills flow from willingness.
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