I was listening to Brian Tracy yesterday and he said something that totally affected me. I know the concept but I have never applied it to myself. Reward yourself for good behaviour. My whole life revolves around rewarding good behaviour between raising a 3 year old and dog training. I know I had heard it before listening to Tony Roberts he said he would play a song he loved after doing something he didn't want to.
Right now my guilty pleasure is playing a computer game. Usually I use it as a procrastination tool which really is rewarding bad behaviour, instead I will do something I don't want to and then let myself play a game. So much better.
As I have gotten older I have stopped trying to change myself to someone else's ideal and accepted some of the things I enjoy. Of course there are things your really should change liking eating poorly or smoking but I really like to watch TV. I always feel guilty when I watch TV it is such a useless way to spend time but you know it's not really useless if I enjoy it. Rewarding yourself is a great way to use all those guilty pleasures that I enjoy in a very productive way.
I have been really working on this with my son. It is so easy to battle all the time to get you want from a child and my child being just like me will battle back. Rewarding good behaviour just leaves us both so much happier and I still get what I want.
Right now my guilty pleasure is playing a computer game. Usually I use it as a procrastination tool which really is rewarding bad behaviour, instead I will do something I don't want to and then let myself play a game. So much better.
As I have gotten older I have stopped trying to change myself to someone else's ideal and accepted some of the things I enjoy. Of course there are things your really should change liking eating poorly or smoking but I really like to watch TV. I always feel guilty when I watch TV it is such a useless way to spend time but you know it's not really useless if I enjoy it. Rewarding yourself is a great way to use all those guilty pleasures that I enjoy in a very productive way.
I have been really working on this with my son. It is so easy to battle all the time to get you want from a child and my child being just like me will battle back. Rewarding good behaviour just leaves us both so much happier and I still get what I want.
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