Be Wary of Self-Justifying Your Actions
How to Overcome This Common Behavior.
“What man ain’t the honestest cove in his own eyes?” Grote’s round face is a bronze moon in the dark. It ain't good intentions what paves the road to hell: it’s self-justifyin’s.” — David Mitchell
We’ve all been there before. We make a mistake or do something we’re not proud of, and instead of owning up to it, we start making excuses.
We self-justify our actions in an attempt to preserve our ego. But we don’t realize that this behavior does more harm than good. It might even be worse than telling someone else a lie.
Self-justification is an insidious habit that can lead us down a dark path. It’s a form of lying to yourself, preventing you from growing as an individual.
We all want to believe that we’re good people, but we’re only deluding ourselves when we self-justify our actions.
