The Real Costs of Breaking Promises to Yourself & Your Business {11.11.25}
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When you break a promise to yourself, it’s easy to brush it off.
But every missed commitment quietly drains your self-trust, confidence, and momentum.
In this episode, Jen unpacks the real price of broken promises, why they hit harder once you become your own boss, and how to start rebuilding belief in your follow-through — one small win at a time.
You’ll learn how to recognize where you’re leaking energy, delaying growth, and eroding your entrepreneurial identity — and what it takes to start keeping your word to yourself again.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
Why broken promises are more than productivity slips
- Each time you don’t follow through, you make a withdrawal from your Self-Trust Bank.
- Those small withdrawals add up to lower confidence, doubt, and procrastination.
The employee → entrepreneur accountability shift
- As an employee, accountability was external — your boss set the rules.
- As an entrepreneur, you are the system. Breaking promises now affects your income, impact, and integrity.
The real costs of breaking promises to yourself
- Erosion of identity: You stop seeing yourself as someone who follows through.
- Delayed growth: Each delay weakens momentum, confidence, and cash flow.
- Energy leaks: Open loops clutter your mind and drain creativity.
- Confidence decay: Doubt becomes your default, and you stop trusting yourself to deliver.
Take the Goal Getter Blind Spot Audit to discover where you’re stalling and how to rebuild self-trust: www.jenlaffin.com/blindspotaudit
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