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Did you know that 90% of success is getting started?

Did you know that 90% of failure is not "jumping back on the horse" when you fall off?
There are several ways to interpret this. Below are a few:

In employee's terms: Not going back and saying "I'm sorry. I didn't perform the job well. (Or I didn't support you, or whatever.) Please give me another chance."

In spouse's terms: Not going back and saying "I'm sorry. I didn't treat you right. (Or I didn't support you, or whatever.) Please give me another chance."

In parent's terms: Not going back and saying "I'm sorry. I didn't respond with love. (Or I didn't support you, or whatever.) Please give me another chance."

In friend's terms: Not going back and saying "I'm sorry. I didn't react to that situation well. (Or I didn't support you, or whatever.) Please give me another chance."

In your own terms: Not going back and redoing whatever needs to be redone correctly.
Because if you don't go back and do it correctly, you will be setting a path. A path of failure, of rejection, of feeling - and, therefore, acting - stupid, or whatever path you set by not redoing something correctly. And the great thing about it is it's never too late.

What if you overeat? Smoke? Continue to support other bad habits? Each of these are paths. Although they aren't paths that usually involve other people, they are paths that concern and you may experience difficulty bouncing back -- in the direction you want to go.

What can you do in these instances?

Well, instead of reliving eating that second brownie and hitting yourself over the head with recriminations, look toward how you will succeed next time. Instead of "reliving" it in your mind as it happened, change it so that you put the second brownie back and go get a glass of water or go for a walk, or go do something else that has nothing to do with food. That will be your way of saying to yourself, "I'll do better next time."

Instead of "reliving" having that second or third cigarette in ten minutes and hitting yourself over the head with recriminations, relive picking up the cigarette -- but this time put it out in the ashtray and go for a glass of water or go for a walk, or go do something else that has nothing to do with smoking. That will be your way of saying to yourself, "I'll do better next time."

Instead of "reliving" doing your bad habit, "relive" stopping yourself in time and move on to doing something more productive.

Learn how to bounce back. Keep going. Don't give up. Guide your life toward something productive. After all, if you don't, who will?

Remember, have a bounce-back plan. Keep the paths in your life, paths that you want in your life.

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