How many times have you resolved to improve your work habits and set goals? Or how often have you promised to stop procrastinating before a deadline but end up getting sidetracked? Or perhaps you promised to eat healthier, lose weight or exercise more then a month down the road, your vows are distant memories. You’re not alone. It’s easy to let career intentions slide when you have so much on your plate.
How To Lift Yourself Out Of Self-Defeat
Ever have a small setback or fall into a bad mood and throw your resolutions to the wind? Ever say to hell with it because you blew your eating plan when you polished off that chocolate bar in the morning, so you decide you might as well have dessert after dinner? Or after missing a week of exercise, you chunk the whole idea of physical fitness? Welcome to the Club.
It has been said that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster; it’s a cha-cha. When you’re grappling with changing a bad habit, relapse is often part of the package deal. If you were to plot the average person’s progress, it would make an upward zigzag, not follow an ascending straight line. When you have a setback, it’s tempting to condemn yourself and give up.
That impulsive reaction is an attempt to bring quick relief to your misery of failing. So you seek comfort in the very thing you’re trying to conquer. Truth be told this self-sabotage—scientists call it the what-the-hell effect—adds insult to injury and heartache on top of heartache.
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