What You Say To Yourself Affects What You Do To Yourself

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.