| Settling is about not embracing what is best for you, | | | | stop settling. You have to stop settling for a job that |
| and accepting what you really don't want. When you | | | | isn't challenging, a life that isn't fulfilling, and relationships |
| settle, you accept less than you deserve. Settling | | | | that are uninspiring. Life is way too short to settle. |
| becomes a habit and a way of life, but it doesn't have | | | | How do you break the cycle of settling? Start small, |
| to be. According to Maureen Dowd, "The minute you | | | | start slow and start now! Begin with the small |
| settle for less than you deserve, you get even less | | | | decisions you make and work your way up. Settling |
| than you settled for!" | | | | has become a habit and a way of life; so don't expect |
| People settle every day in every way. They settle for | | | | to change the habit immediately. Begin by having only |
| unsatisfying jobs, boring lives, and stale relationships. | | | | the objects in your life that you love. Don't buy things |
| People settle in part because they don't realize they | | | | just because they are on sale. Purchase only items |
| can have better, or even that they deserve better. | | | | that you love for your home and for yourself. I |
| People also settle because of fear. Fear holds us back | | | | changed washing detergents because I thought I found |
| from embracing what we really want. According to Bo | | | | a better deal, but when my clothes became dingy, I |
| Bennett, "Every day, people settle for less than they | | | | knew I had settled for a cheaper brand, not a better |
| deserve. They are only partially living, or at best living a | | | | deal. I immediately switched back to my favorite. |
| partial life. Every human being has the potential for | | | | Those are the kinds of things you want to begin with. |
| greatness." | | | | Notice where you settle for less, and where your life is |
| The only way to truly embrace your greatness is to | | | | looking dingy. |