Getting back to you starts with looking at past achievements, removing the guilt and removing the shame. Learn from your past achievements and remember to never beat yourself up.

Among our friends and family, we all do things for different reasons. At our job, we all work for different reasons. And in life, we all respond in different ways and for different reasons. Sometimes these reasons are good, sometimes these reasons are bad, and sometimes our reasons just don’t make plain sense. The reminder today is simple: always be analyzing your reasons.

Throughout your life, you have been groomed to believe that motivation is reliable. That in order to stay on track to be your best self, you just have to be always motivated. This thinking couldn’t be further from the truth. Motivation is not the true engine of behavior change and the first step is to stop with the self-imposed guilt trips.

To rally past the pandemic, think about what you can do today that will make an impact tomorrow. Rediscover your purpose and believe again that everything can be different. It will be different. Hope is sometimes all you need.

By definition, self-control is the ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses. If you are someone with great self-control, you never cave and in the face of challenges you always exhibit positive restraint. However, do those who exhibit greater willpower (self-control) just have a more accessible brake that they pull?

It is not happiness that brings us gratitude. It is gratitude that brings us happiness. We have to remember that in times of unhappiness, gratitude gives us more vitality, energy and enthusiasm.