Take Care of Yourself First. Nobody Else Can Do it For You

We’ve all heard it. Now, we have to act.

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Every flight reminds of us of the importance of handling ourselves first.

“Oxygen masks will drop down from above your seat. Place the mask over your mouth and nose, like this. Pull the strap to tighten it. If you are traveling with children, make sure that your own mask is on first before helping your children.”

After all, if you’re out of air, how could you attend properly to your children?

Taking care of yourself first does not mean you don’t care about others. On the contrary, it means you realize your own importance for the people around you.

Would you confidently take advice from someone you look down upon, who has an awful life, not doing anything for themselves and complaining all the time?

Probably not right?

Then, why would other people follow and trust you if you were like that?

In other words, to be able to help others, you need to be able to justify why and how. This takes practice and, above everything else, work. On Yourself.

What does “work on yourself first” mean though?

It means becoming self-aware