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Waterfall Lifestyle

tWeLVe WaYs to

Be a Better persoN

By Michelle L. Raymond

Being a better person starts and ends with you.

Many people are far too quick to criticise others while

being blind to their own mistakes and flaws. First take the

log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the

speck out of your friend’s eye.

a s a start to a new year, along

with all your resolutions,
intentions and plans, why
not include something that is
sure to bring more joy into your life and
positively influence those around you?

Here are some ways you can do just
that, beginning with yourself.

1. Watch Your WorDs
This does not mean what you say
out loud to others, but rather, your
internal dialogue: what you say to
yourself. If someone had to talk to
you the way you spoke to yourself,
what would you think of them?

Negative self-talk is a hard habit to
break, so the best way to manage
it is to catch yourself in the act.
By pretending you are talking
to someone else, you can hear
how you really sound and how
the words actually feel to you.
Once you decide the words are
not helpful or constructive, you
can recalibrate your language.

Try this: if you find yourself going down
the “what if” road. What if I fail, what
if I am not good enough, what if they
find out I don’t know what I’m doing
and so on . . . Choose at that moment
to flip the question around. What if I PHOTOGRAPHER: LEIO MCLAREN, UNSPLASH

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