939: Have your own back
If you’re giving yourself a hard time, and you're sick of beating yourself up, I’ve got a bit of a challenge for you!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, daily peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. It is nearly the end of the week, if you need a reminder to be that bit more compassionate to yourself and to stop beating yourself up, you are in the right place. So I've got a pretty complicated relationship with Teamwork. In that, I don't really like being told what to do. I also don't like conflict. Red tape and bureaucracy really, really wind me up. And I'm also pretty intimidated by authority figures. Add on to the fact that I don't like awkward silences and I'm pretty bossy, It is quite the relationship.
Now we've all got different relationships with different teams that we're on, and I think it's fair to say And here that we have a lot of experiences, but we also really try to do our best. We're pretty conscientious. We try to contribute. And while we might not all be the world's best team players, we're not ticks. And the reason I bring this up is because I think it's time that we get To be on our own team as well. We spend so much of our time fighting ourselves, beating ourselves up, Then beating ourselves up about beating ourselves up and going back to the whole being a dick thing, I think sometimes we can be a bit of a dick to ourselves. So my challenge for you today is not to become your very own best teammate, but to be on your side a little bit more. Because you, my dear, are trying your best.
And is there more you could be doing? Probably, and that's true for all of us. But at what cost? Your best is gonna look different on different days. And I guarantee you That even if like me you have a complicated relationship with teamwork, you do not treat anybody in a team the way you treat yourself. So it might be helpful to think of somebody that you've really enjoyed working with, or it might be worth thinking of who your ideal collaboration partner would be, What qualities they'd have, and see if you can apply some of that to yourself. Like I just said, you do not have to be your own best teammate, But we can do better for ourselves, and we deserve better. So see if you can try and have your back a bit more today. As cheesy as it is, remember that the relationship you have with yourself is the most important relationship that you're gonna have. You don't have to change it overnight.
This is not something to beat yourself up about. Just have a bit of a think about how you can be more on your own side. So get thinking, have a good one, and keep going.
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