Sometimes I don’t feel successful. How about you? Do you have days when you want to give up? Sometimes it’s easy to quit trying so hard because we think we’re going to fail.
Attitude and perspective can play a huge role in healthy living. When we feel down, chances are that we are not going to have the strength to meet our goals.
Yesterday’s homework assignment was to think of some success in your life. Did you enjoy doing it? When life gets especially stressful or discouraging, thinking back to fulfilling moments always gives me a boost.
This mental exercise is what I call “success building success.” If you have succeeded in something in the past, you can succeed again. It’s that simple.
As little children we have tons of opportunities to succeed—learning to walk, read, ride a bike, playing sports, getting report cards or reviews, and getting positive adult feedback. As adults, however, we might not get so much applause. And yet, we live in a challenging world with many, many opportunities to succeed or fail.
Just as experience builds on experience in the working world, and credit builds on credit in the financial world, so success builds on success in the health world. If you have succeeded at the tough obstacles in a particular task, you can also succeed at getting and staying healthy.
That is why it is important to let people know when we appreciate something they have done. If a word spoken has encouraged us or an action helped us, it helps make the person feel fulfilled to let them know. (I know -- your kids won't probably tell you they appreciate you till they're older :)).
ReplyDeleteP.S. to the previous statement. Compliments from others about a person's lost weight can be very encouraging towards success in the weight loss goal too!
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