162: Stop Punishing Future You For the Choices You Made In the Past
Is your past self getting in the way of the future version of you?
Perhaps you’re allowing past choices to preserve a defeatist attitude about certain things. Or your past could be preventing you from challenging yourself in transformative ways that can create your future. And the worst part is you might be unaware that you’re punishing yourself in this way.
While the past can’t be changed, there is still something you can do about it. And it starts with an awareness of why you punish yourself in this way, how to recognize the signs, and how to stop so the “future you” can finally unfold.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn about how the past can prevent you from accessing the big thinking you need to move forward. I’ll also give you examples of self-talk that signal you’ve been living in the past unknowingly and teach you how to stop punishing yourself for prior choices.
What’s Covered in This Episode About Punishing Future You
4:30 - Clues that you’re living in the past unknowingly
8:34 - How your emotional childhood impacts your choices as an adult
13:23 - What you can change about the past and the biggest mistake people make with past events
17:42 - Ask yourself this about your past to uncover what’s preventing your access to the future
19:37 - How to get to the version of “future you” that you want
Mentioned In Stop Punishing Future You For the Choices You Made In the Past
Psychology Today articles by Leon Seltzer
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Quotes from this Episode of Time to Level Up
“Lots of people are not able to access big thinking because they are stuck in their past.” - Andrea Liebross
“The past is a teacher, not a fortune teller. It does not have to dictate what is going to happen in the future.” - Andrea Liebross
“I cannot change what happened, but I do have the ability to change my interpretation.” - Andrea Liebross
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