When You Can’t Trust Yourself, You Better Start Trusting Yourself
When you can’t trust yourself to do what you say you’re going to do, you can’t reach your potential. Personal growth will always be difficult and you won’t be able to accomplish any difficult goals.
For most, it’s easier to let yourself down than it is to let others down. So most people do remain accountable to at least those who are important to them even if they can’t be accountable to themselves. This does allow for some hope. A trusted accountability partner can still propel one forward in this case.
However, if someone constantly lets themself down and others too, they will develop a debilitating habit that will define them as a person. This is the worst case scenario. Promises are made and broken consistently. Those who fall into this trap will struggle immensely with personal growth and pursuing goals until they change. But old habits die hard. What’s more, breaking the habit of breaking promises is one of the hardest habits to break.
The fact is, the first time you break a promise, it’s hard. You have a sense of guilt, and feel bad that you didn’t keep your word. The second time you do this, it gets easier. The third time, you don’t even think about it. Then, from that point forward promises mean nothing.
As a result, one of the most important things you can do for yourself is to prevent the first time, and if necessary do whatever it takes to prevent the next time if you slip up.