Chapter 27: Do you “have to” or do you “choose to”?
“It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny.”
Jean Nidetch
Do you have many things in your life that you “should” or “have to” do, but
never do? How many “shoulds” do you have in your life? Should you exercise
more, go to the gym more, stop smoking, eat healthier, and spend more time with
your family?
Those “shoulds” don’t help you to get anywhere; they only imply that you are
not good enough and just drain your energy, because they come with a bad
conscience and self-torture. “Why am I not going to the gym? I’m so bad! I will
never lose weight” and so on and so forth.
Make a list of all your “shoulds
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and then forget it!
What? Forget it? Yes! I’m not kidding, forget it! If you have
had a goal since last year and haven’t done anything about it, then you are better
off forgetting about it. If your goal is going to the gym and you didn’t go for a
year, let it go. With the goal you also let go off the bad conscience and the self-
punishment for not accomplishing it. Throw out all your “shoulds” and set some
new goals!
Stop doing things that you “have to” do and instead
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