How often do you disagree with yourself?

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When you oppose your decisions does it help you or does it affect you?

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Getting to a point where you’re in agreement with a lot of your decisions is important. Whereby questioning your actions doesn’t lead to lost revenue or opportunities. Develop yourself and be like me; I don’t regret what could’ve been in the past. It’s decisions I made which resulted in lost revenue and time, but I don’t beat myself about it. I use the past as a reminder of the lessons I’ve learned.

Why it’s important to not regret your decisions

Failure is common. Making mistakes teaches you how to do it better the next time. So I’m not too worried anymore if I fail. I use the lessons to better myself tomorrow. The bad thing is when you regret your decision. Some of them were bad decisions. Some of them made you lose a lot of things. We acknowledge them but you must not harbor those emotions as if life cannot be better tomorrow.

Living in the past is wrong. If you’re always reminiscing because you want to hurt yourself. Stop doing it. Looking back is for wisdom and not to beat yourself for past actions you committed. So, how often do you disagree with yourself today? Are you making decisions you’re comfortable with? Or you’re still battling indecision.

Decide on something and do it. If it doesn’t go your way it’s okay. Learn from the result and fix it. Do it better next time. If I tell you how many times I failed in school many people, from my past, will be shocked to see how far I have come. A lot of them wouldn’t believe the work and position I hold today. And even though my past has bad memories, experiencing failure after failure. I was a slow learner so grasping things was difficult for me, I won’t lie and say those days were easy but I came through it.

Why indecision limits your potential

I chose to believe in myself and work very hard to learn and grow. If I hadn’t decided to work hard I would’ve failed myself today. I write through experiences I’ve gone through, I share practical advice that if you do something which benefits your life you’ll succeed in it. I failed math a lot. And I mean a lot… but today I can budget my finances, and present financial reports in a professional manner. I’m good at what I do and it’s because when I look back I don’t hurt my feelings. Whenever I look back I thank God because He helped me overcome real situations of which a lot of people didn’t manage to overcome. I’m blessed because I believed in myself regardless of all the negative feelings and results I used to get.

Don’t allow your past to affect your future in a negative way. Don’t look back and hurt yourself. You must be in agreement with yourself. The decisions you make have to be good and if you fail that’s okay. Learn from your mistakes and move on. Grasp what went well and what did not go well. Next time you’ll appreciate your mistakes as learning and development outcomes.

So back to the question. How often do you disagree with yourself? I don’t disagree with myself as much as I used to. I have learned that bad things only lead to bad results so I stopped doing them. When I make mistakes I step back and I see if what I did was bad because of the situation, behavior, or influence. If it’s because I didn’t plan correctly I move forward and I fix it. But if the influence was bad. If it can hurt my life I stop doing it. I don’t have to disagree or convince myself tomorrow to do it. That chapter is over and I don’t get hurt by it anymore.

How often do you disagree with yourself

Conclusion

The goal is to eliminate bad things and work on good things you fail as well. It’s okay to fail. Good and bad failure is part of life. It teaches you to stop doing it or work hard to succeed. I have less disagreements in my life because making bad mistakes becomes less as I grow. And making mistakes because I’m pursuing my goals teaches me how not to repeat it again.

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  • Clive Ngwenya

    Clive Ngwenya is a visionary advocate for holistic well-being, dedicated to empowering individuals to enhance their physical, mental, and emotional health. As the founder of this transformative website, Clive’s mission is to provide accessible resources and support for people on their journey towards improved well-being.

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