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What You Say To Yourself Affects What You Do To Yourself

March 9, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

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In reality, habits do not just “happen.”

They are the end result of a chain consisting of thoughts which lead to feelings which lead to actions. If you wish to change the actions long-term, you must change your internal dialog first.

If you’re finding that you’re re-lapsing, it’s time to change what you say to yourself.

Watch out for the use of these especially dangerous phrases:

  • I should
  • I’m too lazy
  • I cheated
  • I was bad
  • I was awful
  • I’m stupid (a jerk, a moron)
  • It’s too hard
  • I’ll never be able to do it

As a general rule of thumb, if you wouldn’t say it to a small child, don’t say it to yourself.

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Filed Under: Change, Diet, goals, mental health, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles, Self Talk, Success Tagged With: be kind to yourself, habit change, negative self talk, positive self image, self disgust, self esteem, self talk

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