Promise #5: Pinch yourself

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This is not “pinch yourself” as in “you must be dreaming.” It’s “pinch yourself” as in “this is for your own good.” Big difference.

Can you count the number of times someone told you something was going to feel like a pinch? How about how many times that something was for your greater good? Pinches are necessary (evils) for improvements. Or, a better way to say it: pinch leads to pleasure.

If you want to figure out what your pinch is, figure out what you hope to attain. A slimmer, trimmer you? The pinch is diet and exercise. A new job? The pinch is a search, class or (maybe) career change. A smooth upper lip? Hot wax. More respect? Less excuses.

I’m sure you get the point. Close your eyes. Squish up your face. Take the pinch. Pleasure is just a promise away.