30 days: Change your habits, Change your life

it’s only a problem if I keep
repeating the same mistakes over and over again.
Is that too
difficult? Do you want to know the magic recipe? It’s not for sale in
any pharmacy and it’s free! Ready?

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1) Accept yourself as you are!
2) Forgive yourself! Love yourself!
3) Take extremely good care of yourself!
(see Chapter 73)
That’s it! Easy, isn’t it? 
Start NOW!
Ask yourself the following questions:
In what areas of your life are you being too hard on yourself?
What benefits do you get from being too hard on yourself?

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72
Be your authentic self
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening
or strange that self may prove to be.
—MAY SARTON
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment.
—RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The most successful people are the ones who are authentic. They
are not playing any roles. They are who they are. What you see is
what you get! They know their strengths and their weaknesses. They
have no problem in being vulnerable and taking responsibility for
their mistakes. Neither do they fear judgment of others
. Don’t let the
world tell you who you are supposed to be.
Your fake self is who
you are when you want to please everyone else. That’s when you
have a mask on and are keen to get feedback from the people who
surround you such as colleagues, friends, neighbors, etc. 
Don’t play
any roles!
Stop thinking about what others want of you, or might
think of you, and 
give yourself permission to be your authentic
self.
The rewards are awesome! Funnily enough, you will notice that
the more you are yourself, the more people will be attracted to you!
Try it out!
Questions:
1) On a scale of 0–10, how would you quantify your level of
authenticity?
An eight? Congratulations! You are quite close. Keep on improving!

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A four? Well there is some work to do, but going through the
exercises in this book you will help you get closer!
2) How many roles do you play?
3) Who are you when you are alone?
4) When was the last time you felt authentic?

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73
Pamper yourself
You can change the way people treat you
by changing the way you treat yourself.
—UNKNOWN
This is one of my favorite exercises for my clients! Write down a list
of 15 things that you can do to pamper yourself and then do one of
them every other day for the next two weeks. This exercise is truly
miraculous! (Examples: read a good book, go to the movies, get a
massage, watch a sunrise, sit by the water, etc.) Once you start
treating yourself well, it