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Welcome to Issue 285. The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships.
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SELF-RESPECT
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In order to respect others and for others to respect us, we must first respect ourselves.
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4 TIPS FOR SELF-RESPECT
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- Self-Forgiveness-We need to forgive ourselves for mistakes of the past. Acknowledge we are human. If the mistake or discussion hurt other people, we can apologize and ask forgiveness. And we must forgive ourselves and then move forward. We must forgive ourselves for making decisions that turned out wrong. Usually we made the best decision we could under the circumstances.
- Self-Acceptance-This is being "comfortable in your own skin". It's difficult to accept yourself if you're not happy. You can either accept yourself as you are or begin making changes (for example, exercise, better nutrition, education, training, personal coaching, etc.).
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Self-Discovery-Discovering and then acknowledging your strengths and talents is crucial for self-respect. We sometimes underestimate how unique we are.
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Self-Talk-Would you ever consider calling your friends stupid, tell them they're losers, or sabotaging their dreams. Of course not. Yet we sometimes we do this to ourselves with negative self-talk and criticism. Instead practice positive self-talk
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- How do you handle your past mistakes? Can you forgive yourself?
- What are 3 things you really like about yourself?
- Write down 3 ways you have respect for yourself.
- For the next week practice stopping negative self-talk and criticism.
I welcome your feedback on your exercise.
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