Even if you fall short of achieving a goal, you can gain confidence and practice. When you work toward a goal, you start new behaviors and stop self-defeating behaviors. The secret of goal setting is that it is rocket fuel for behavior change—even if you don’t achieve your goal.

Rocket fuel

Even if you fall short of achieving a goal, you gain confidence and practice. When you work toward a goal, you start new behaviors and stop self-defeating behaviors. The secret of goal setting is that it is rocket fuel for behavior change. Even if you don't achieve your goal.

When life is hard, use compassionate words in self-talk, such as “I am resilient” and “I have grit.”

Resilient grit

When life is hard, use compassionate words in self-talk, such as, I am resilient, and I have grit.

Remember times you felt confident and capable; celebrate those memories and notice how your body feels when you celebrate yourself.

Confident and capable

Remember times you felt confident and capable. Celebrate those memories and notice how your body feels when you celebrate yourself.

Replace self-criticism with self-celebration. If something goes poorly, tell yourself, “I’m practicing getting better.”

Getting better

Replace self-criticism with self-celebration. If you feel something went poorly, tell yourself, I'm practicing getting better. If you reward a behavior, you are more likely to do it again, rather than to avoid it.

Rocket fuel

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