Admitting defeat or simply changing tactics
As you all know by now, I really don't like any kind of negative talk. Life is difficult enough without putting ourselves down. Here's another of my pet hate phrases "well, I'm going to have to admit defeat" . I think the reason I don't like it is because 'admitting defeat' means you're giving up. But are you? Or is it simply the fact that whatever it is you're feeling defeated about is because it wasn't right for you in the first place? This is exactly how I now look at it. We've all been there, "I can't do this any more, I'm going to have to admit defeat" and then starts a whole cascade of negative self-talk "I'm rubbish at this", "I can't learn this, I'm stupid", "why can't I make this work" . Then there's the stubbornness factor to consider. There's been numerous occasions when I've carried on doing something for way longer than I should have, inst...