Stop Negotiating With Yourself
Mindset & Motivation

Stop Negotiating With Yourself

B1IntermediateOctober 19, 202616 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

We all have days when we feel tired, stressed, busy, or simply unmotivated. But when we repeatedly change the commitments we made when we were thinking clearly, we can make it harder to build the consistency and self-trust needed to reach our goals. On today's show, I'm sharing why making decisions in advance can help you follow through even when motivation fades, and how creating simple non-negotiables can make healthy habits easier to maintain. I'll also explore some of the common ways we get in our own way when trying to build lasting change, and what it takes to keep moving fo...

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Everybody we're back brand a new week here in the Cabral concept always excited to be here with you and sharing What I hope are ideas that will inspire you and motivate you to actually move forward with living your best life Now none of us are perfect I'm not perfect either

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What I hope to do each and every day though is look at it as a new day a clean slate and sometimes that means Forgiving myself and being gentle with myself for not always being at my best the day before or maybe the week before But what I want to share with you here today is that every time you break a promise to yourself, you are rewiring and teaching your mind that your word is negotiable.

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And we don't want that. And every time though, on the flip side, you follow through, especially when you don't feel like it, you're building confidence and you're building discipline and trust in yourself.

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