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"Poor outcomes in life are excusable. Poor decision-making is not."

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎03-20-2019 08:06 AM

      "When you take time to think things through, you’re less likely to make emotional decisions."

      "When you’re decisive, you make a decision and stick to it—which is ultimately how we achieve our goals."

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https://dariusforoux.com/20-80-rule-of-effective-thinking/ 

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      I believe this applies to smoking after you've quit.

      Stop arguing with yourself and think  through the repercussions of letting yourself down, before you smoke.

      Telling yourself you can quit again is a negative proposition.

      How long is it going to be before you quit again?

      Didn't think that far ahead yet?

      

Reality vs Intentionality?

      How many times has this happened before?

      Get real. Be honest with yourself. 

 

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.