Punishing bad behavior

A girl walked by me today.

“Aaah,” I said. I turned, followed her hesitantly, watched her walk across the street.

I was letting her get away.

Then I told myself, “Don’t give in to hesitation.” I ran after her. I approached. We had a nice interaction.

My point is this:

Teach yourself that hesitation doesn’t get you anything. You will still approach.

It’s like punishing bad behavior. Or showing your body that bad behavior doesn’t get it what it wants.

Hesitation doesn’t mean you won’t approach. You can hesitate. And you will still approach.

Your body is like a badly behaved puppy, and you have to take control and show it that it will work with you, instead of doing what it wants.