The One Piece of Appreciation We Don't Get From Ourself

We tend to look for appreciation from everybody else around us, but the one piece of appreciation we don't get is from ourselves. There's this tendency to feel like I can't be proud of myself until I achieve the big thing. Well, that's wrong. You can be proud of yourself for going on the 15 minute walk the first day when you start on towards that goal. Then the next day, you're more likely to do it. Because you've given yourself a little bit of dopamine, a little pat on the back for that challenge that you just took on. That's a powerful, powerful thing.

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