a lot of people are walking around believing that if they embrace themselves, if they accept

where they are, what they've done, who they are at this point, what they're capable of,

and what they're not capable of, the decisions they've made, the choices they've made,

the mistakes they've made, their shortcomings, they're false, their weaknesses. If they stop

resisting all those things and just embrace and accept and be compassionate about themselves,

then they'll never change. They'll never get better. They believe that if they are going to progress,

they have to be hard on themselves. That if they're nice to themselves,

they're accepting mediocrity and stagnation. And today, I want to show you why that is absolutely

not true. But if you keep resisting where you are, who you are, what you've done, who you've

become, you will stay stuck much longer than if you embrace yourself.

Now, the second half to what we're going to talk about today is I don't want you to lower your

expectations of yourself. I want you to raise them higher than you've ever even considered.

And I'm going to tell you why these two things go hand in hand. In my opinion,

this is Better Than Happy, Episode 534, Expect More, Resist Less. Let's go. Welcome to Better Than Happy,

the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves.

My name is Jody Moore.

In the decade plus, I've been working with clients as a master certified coach. I've helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered.

And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial.

And the things that seemed impossible become available. And suddenly a

whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well,

that's the question. What will you do? Let's find out.

Sometimes listening to a podcast is enough, but sometimes you'll feel inspired to go deeper.

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