Jul 7, 2026 · 21 min · 11 segments
Following through on your own commitments is one of the most important ways to build self-trust and personal integrity. In this episode, Melissa breaks down how law firm owners can use a simple daily…
Melissa ShanahanHost
This is something that indirectly I've talked about a lot on the podcast, and I want to offer you guys today a way to approach this topic.
But we don't always stop and think about or give care and thought to the relationship you have to yourself.
The stronger that your relationship is to yourself, the more trust there is.
And the more trust you have in yourself, the faster you end up creating results that you wanna create.
Every time you do something you said you were gonna do, it's like making a deposit.
Every time you don't follow through, it's like making a withdrawal and your brain is keeping score whether you realize it or not.
If you've broken promises to yourself enough times, your plans stop meaning anything.
You put something on the calendar and some part of you already knows it's likely not gonna happen.
And then everything feels harder than it should because you're dragging around a version of you that you can't count on.
Goals stop being theoretical because when you decide to do something, it's as good as done.
This is something that indirectly I've talked about a lot on the podcast, and I want to offer you guys today a way to approach this topic.
But we don't always stop and think about or give care and thought to the relationship you have to yourself.
The stronger that your relationship is to yourself, the more trust there is.
And the more trust you have in yourself, the faster you end up creating results that you wanna create.
Every time you do something you said you were gonna do, it's like making a deposit.
Every time you don't follow through, it's like making a withdrawal and your brain is keeping score whether you realize it or not.
If you've broken promises to yourself enough times, your plans stop meaning anything.
You put something on the calendar and some part of you already knows it's likely not gonna happen.
And then everything feels harder than it should because you're dragging around a version of you that you can't count on.
Goals stop being theoretical because when you decide to do something, it's as good as done.
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