KAIZEN FOR LIFE

I’m afraid I can’t just pick one so I will list a few.

To start, I wouldn’t ban swear words but I would try to lessen their use at least – I am currently trying to work on swearing less myself!

A few words I would ban:

1. Loser – specifically in the context of calling yourself a loser but also others – it is a term that belittles people and makes them feel unworthy and incapable. Any similar words that are used to make people feel small and stupid should also be banned.

2. Can’t – my Mum always told me growing up not to use this word and although I ignored her at the time the older I get the more I agree with her. There may be some specific things such as flying that we all believe we can’t do. However, if we look to the past and how far society has come – the things that have been invented that people never dreamed could exist – we may actually find that we should be rephrasing ‘can’t’ to ‘can’t YET’ or ‘one day I/we CAN’. It’s the same with everyday things or chasing your dreams. Having a ‘can’t’ mindset won’t get you anywhere. It closes doors, makes you forego opportunities, stops you learning and quite frankly just makes your self confidence go right down to 0. So start replacing it with: ‘I’m not quite at that level yet, but one day I will be’, ‘I need to work a little bit harder and then I can easily do this’ etc.

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