How many times have you gotten better at something “hard” and as you progressed your perspective about it changed? I think we often choose to make things more difficult or complex than necessary. If we can temper our ego and alter our perspective, we can experience far less tension when accepting the things that are “hard”.
Read MoreIn a study about habits and goal setting, one group was given a simple temptation and told to say, in the face of that temptation, “I can’t do (that).” The other group was told to say, “I don’t do (that).” Not only was “I can’t” less effective than “I don’t”; “I can’t” was less effective than using no strategy at all.
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