How Long is Your Expectation Yard Stick?
December 5th, 2009
Many people, who come to me say, they are disappointed or frustrated, because they have not accomplished as much as they have aspired to achieve. “Believe me, I am hard on myself to achieve my goals, but for some reason I am stuck or fall short,” he/she laments. Ironically, being hard on oneself creates an unconscious resistance toward one’s desired outcome. No one responds well to a tyrant. You are being a tyrant when you are ‘hard’ on yourself.
People often have expectations of themselves that they can not live up to. Where did these expectations come from? How long is their yard stick? A yard is thirty-six inches. However, many people have a yard stick two or three times longer.
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