By Barrie Davenport
Creating new habits is hard.
It’s so hard that we fail at it repeatedly.
And that does a number on our self-esteem. We feel like losers. So we pretend we don’t need the habit. Then we live a life of lesser-than . . .
Lesser than the person we dream of being. Lesser than the person we really are inside. Lesser than our own best expectations. Lesser than what we know we are capable of. If only . . .
If only we could figure it out, get it right this time, stay committed, try harder.
If you’ve tried to create a good habit and failed, then tried again, then again, then again, and continued to fail, you aren’t alone.
As I said, habit creation is hard. And it’s harder because most of us go about it in the wrong way.... More...
