a promise to myself

I've been reading a book and I would kill you if I had to tell you the title but what I like with this book is that it gave me this wonderful epiphany.

We should keep a promise to ourselves. Whatever kind of promise that is. If we promise to go to the gym daily, we must commit. If we promise to eat healthy daily, we must commit. Without broadcasting it to the world. For how can we make a promise to other people if we cannot even keep a promise to ourselves?

Private victories are more important that public ones. If you rely on external forces that validate your existence then you are in so much trouble.

Be an in-out person. Resolve everything inside -all the issues before radiating outward.