Day 335: On Wishing
When people say “I wish,” they don’t really believe it. “I wish I could save money” or “I wish I could lose weight” means “...but I don’t believe it’s possible.”
One effective (and at first glance, perhaps a bit naïve) strategy to help you develop success-friendly habits, traits, and behaviors is to change your language.
The words that you use have a direct impact on you
. If you tell yourself that you wish
you could be different, you’re essentially telling the world that it’s not within your control to change.
How likely are you to change yourself if the words like “I wish” come out of your mouth so frequently? How much confidence will you have in your ability to reach your goals if you don’t believe it’s possible that you can achieve them?
Set a simple challenge: for the next seven days, whenever you catch yourself saying you wish
you could do something, stop and rethink it.
Is it really something that you will never be able to accomplish (such as become younger), or is it just your brain serving you your own limiting beliefs? If it’s the latter, make a list of immediate actions you can take to transform “I wish” into “Here’s how I’m going to do it.”