You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable

by Jen Sincero

And the excellent thing about success is that it always comes down to one simple thing: the decision to keep going until you’ve reached your goal.

If you run from your fears, they will follow you. If you run straight at your fears, they will get the hell out of your way. Fears hate it when you do that.

I deserve and expect good things.

Write down five beliefs/complaints/activities/environments that are constant buzzkills in your life, and then write down the specific ways in which you will immediately upgrade them.

Everything in our “reality” is reflected back to us depending on how we choose to perceive it. Your “flaws” are either strikes against you or part of what make you unique and awesome—it’s your choice. Find beauty in everything about yourself instead of beating yourself up or deciding you suck because you’re not like everyone else.

When it comes to the stuff that

The trick to resisting these temptations and staying the course to success is to focus on the fact that not only are our negative impulses wimpy and fleeting, but so is the immediate gratification they so seductively dangle before us. For example, next time you’re tempted to smoke a cigarette, keep in mind that not only will the craving only last a couple of moments, but so will the satisfaction you get from smoking that cigarette. Train your focus on something else for a handful of seconds, like the image of your pink, healthy lungs giving you a standing ovation, and before you know it the craving will pass.

keep in mind that staying disciplined is simply a matter of waiting and refocusing, it’s not some untamable beast.