I’ve noticed that many clients repeatedly stop themselves in the same way. One of my clients finds himself severely overworked and is also in danger of missing critical deadlines. Yet he seems to dawdle intentionally, falling into the distracting pleasures of the Internet. Another one is seriously out of work; she gets jobs and loses them within a week.
I found the same symptom in myself. I’d become very overweight and was being coached to slim down and I noticed this insane symptom: “I broke my diet, therefore I have to eat.” Hello?!