“Do not lead us into temptation!” - these words from one prayer very accurately reflect the essence of the problem. Temptations surround man everywhere, and each of them has his own. For vegetarians, perhaps the greatest temptation is an appetizing meat dish, the fifty-first neckerchief is for a recovering shopaholic, and for a faithful married man, a young, beautiful blonde from a nightclub.
Instruction manual
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The most important thing for a person is to establish certain rules for himself, following which will become decisive for you in life. Everyone should set their personal priorities. For example, if a person seeks to make a career, he must remove from life everything that can hinder him in this. In the first place should be something that will strengthen his professional position, and only then - everything else.
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If a woman wants to lose weight, in the first place should be physical exercises, diets and procedures to reduce body fat. Decide which rules you should never violate, which you must follow as much as possible, and which you can violate. Willpower is not taken from nowhere, it needs to be developed.
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Having prioritized, think about what pleasures and joys you can afford without breaking your rules. The main mistake of most people is that they set themselves high standards, completely depriving themselves of pleasures. Only rare ascetics can live in strict rules, while most need at least rare and minor joys. If a person does not receive them, sooner or later he will break and all the rules will be violated. For example, workaholics can afford once a week, say, on Friday, to finish work a little earlier and relax - go to the cinema, take a walk in the park, spend an evening in the bar with friends or just read your favorite book in bed.
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If you are irresistibly drawn to shopping, if you see your legs getting weaker and you are irresistibly drawn to look inside, when you see beautiful shop windows, try to remember that you already have a lot of things that you practically don’t use! Estimate what you could do if you saved the money spent on them! At least once again we would go on an interesting tour abroad. In general, in these cases, the goal helps a lot, that is, you must set it before yourself, for example, buy a car. And at the sight of the next beautiful dress, remember the goals that are more significant than this purchase.
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Learn to reward yourself for your firmness of mind. Resisting a serious temptation, praise yourself. Having refused a portion of the cake in the hope of becoming slimmer and more beautiful, “drive” yourself to the cinema, buy a new lipstick or give yourself another gift. Praise yourself, know that you are well done.
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And perhaps the best thing to remember is that it is easier to resist temptations by avoiding them. Do not put yourself in a position that makes it difficult for you to resist. Lose weight - do not buy sweets, do not want to cheat on your beloved wife - beware of bachelor parties. No one is iron, remember this. In order not to succumb to worldly temptations, hermits go to deserts and mountains, where there is simply no way to succumb to weaknesses.