When you feel lost, take a broader perspective: list what you are grateful for, past successes, and label emotions that you feel.

Three steps

When you feel lost, try these three steps to take a broader perspective. List what you are grateful for, list past successes, and label emotions that you feel.

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.

Notice that you can’t be good at something until you practice it. The more you practice, the more you perfect your craft.

Just get started

Notice that you can't be good at something until you practice it. The more you practice something, the more you do it, the more you will perfect your craft. You can't build confidence to do something if you don't get started.

Three steps

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