When industry focuses on human inadequacies

worldwide@worldwidestew.com (Michael Davis) — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:44:56 +0000

This post originated with the creation of a blog post on New Year’s Resolutions. I’m trying to keep my blog area focused on inspiration. So, instead of posting this in that area, I’m adding it to my website’s opinion section.

Yesterday, on my blog, I suggested some reasons that resolution brain lets us down:

It fixates on our failures, deficits, and weaknesses
It promotes suffering by triggering loss of hope and depression when resolutions fail
It highlights our sense of not enough: we don’t have enough, we aren’t enough, and incites the Hungry Ghost of wanting more.

Today, I want to highlight a few of the more insidious ways that resolution brain can betray us.

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When industry focuses on human inadequacies