Have you made resolutions to quit smoking or lose weight or learn a particular piece of software or to start exercising or something and "This time you're really going to stick with it!", . . but you didn't. We all have. The real question is this. When you failed did you then say something to the effect, "Well, I'm just never going to be able to stay with it", or "I'll never learn Photoshop. I'm just not technical enough", or "I'll always be fat", or "I guess I'll just die of cancer! That's one way to quit!".
Well if you are you're making the same 'biggest' mistake that most people make. You're encouraging, if not reinforcing your own failure. Suppose you say instead, well I may have missed a whole week of my new exercise program but I did get some exercise in and instead of failing I'll just decide to start again, or resume my program", or quit again, or learn again using a different approach. The point is even if you fail don't make that the last word on the subject. So many people fail enough times and eventually just reach a point where they believe they can't succeed. Don't stop trying. Even if you have failed, if you keep trying you aren't a failure and further more you may have learned something that will help you succeed the next time.
The country and indeed the world is facing some tough times ahead. You can't control or even change most of it (by yourself) but you can control and change the one thing that will enable you to have maximum impact. You.
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