Here's what you'll learn:

Key Takeaways:

• Guilt is not clarity.
  It feels like you’re learning something when you feel guilty, but you’re not. Guilt is just punishment with no outcome.

• Honesty interrupts guilt.
  When you're honest, you admit both what went wrong and what went right. Guilt only focuses on failure.

• Punishment doesn’t lead to change.
  If beating yourself up worked, your problems would be gone by now. But they’re not. That tells you everything.

• Discretionary effort toward negative thoughts is wasted.
  If giving all your mental energy to shame and self-blame worked, you’d already be where you want to be.

• The cycle of guilt keeps you stuck.
  Most people repeat bad habits even after punishing themselves. Nothing changes—except how bad they feel.

• Radical honesty creates direction.
  It helps you clearly see what worked, what didn’t, and what to do next. It moves you forward.