Do Right ➜ Feel Good (not the other way around)

Oftentimes, we let relatively minor circumstances, like being a little tired or feeling like watching videos, get in the way of keeping our commitments to ourselves, i.e. doing the right thing.

This is how people become victims of life: doing the right things only when we feel good or when conditions are perfect…

Feel Good ➜ Do Right

To act purposefully, to live more into our potential, we must flip the above equation, and understand that if we act rightly, we end up feeling good.

This is about exercising your free will, practicing an internal locus of motivation, thus becoming stronger in your ability to do rightly. The better equation is:

Do Right ➜ Feel Good

That good feeling — the healthy pride or sense of achievement — is evidence that you are living purposefully, that you are growing.

So, instead of:

“Do what feels good in the moment!”

… I encourage you to:

“Do the right thing in every moment.”

Of course, let’s not blame ourselves for not being perfect. We can and will mess up, probably often, and it’s really…