Care for yourself as you would have others care for you, and likely they will.
Article from Psychology Today by Robert N. Johansen Ph.D.
KEY POINTS
- The totality of our experience is funneled through the all-determining apparatus of the self.
- How we care for ourselves is critical to our self-esteem and the esteem others have for us.
- There are three simple steps to defining and caring for ourselves.
Yesterday while playing doubles tennis, instead of hitting an easy put-away shot for the winning point, I hit an unforced error. My immediate reaction was to berate myself as I’ve unthinkingly done too often in the past. But not so much now.
After considerable effort over a period longer than I would have liked, I’ve finally learned to muzzle these self-critical and game-corrupting impulses before they can detonate in a publicly repugnant display of self-flagellation. Now instead I question, analyze, or otherwise try to explain to myself why I made the error. Read the article in full here.