How do you talk to yourself about your habits, successes, and failures? Do you tend to beat yourself up when you fall short? I think, to a certain extent, that we all do. But if you’re constantly berating yourself and feeling sorry for yourself, then the chances are good that you’re setting yourself up for failure.
It’s important to start monitoring your internal dialogue. When you fail to complete a project on time, do you say things to yourself like, “Great job, dummy. You stink at this!”?
You’re not alone in those thoughts. It’s time, though, to change how you speak to yourself. It’s important to speak differently to yourself if you want to change your habits for the better.
You need to give yourself a break sometimes. Life really isn’t all that serious. You’re a good person. Do you know how I know you’re a good person? Because you’re here now, reading about habit change. You are destined and determined to change yourself for the better, forever.