Your habits will determine your future. — Jack Canfield
I love building sustainable, healthy, and productive habits to live better.
By keeping this notion in mind, I started experimenting with new 30+ day challenges to build healthy and productive habits. Here is the complete list.
Along the journey, I am also learning that there are many habits I do daily that are actually draining my energy.
The following article is going to explain those habits and how to fix or avoid them to live your best life. Let’s dive into the learning part.
You are trying hard to impress everyone.
I grew up in a culture where the people-pleaser term is pretty standard.
It’s just in the DNA; you don’t learn how to say NO. I grew up learning the following.
It’s rude to say NO to elders.
It’s rude to say NO to your colleagues.
It’s detrimental and rude to say NO to your manager/boss.
You learn to apologize when you know you did do anything wrong.
It’s a big No to tell people that your feelings are hurt.
It’s embedded in your system always to find a way and try to impress people.
At one time, I actually started feeling good when other people praised me.
How to fix it?
All you have to learn is how to say — NO. The word “NO” is really powerful.
It’s time to step up and know your self-worth. I follow this simple priority approach at work and in my personal life.
- Every single day I have to do three of the most important tasks
- If I am not done with the tasks, I learned to say NO and that there is enough on my plate
- After completing the 3 most important tasks, if I have energy, I can do favors, but I want to please someone.
