Episode 257: The Quiet Cost of Breaking Promises to Yourself

Be the CEO of Your Life and Business Podcast · Apr 19, 2026 · 17m

You would never stand up a client. You would never miss a court date. You would never tell the people in your life you were going to show up and then just… not.

But you do it to yourself all the time. And you've probably stopped noticing.

In this episode, we're going deep on one of the most overlooked skills of personal leadership: keeping promises to yourself. Because self-trust isn't a personality trait — it's a practice. And every time you break your own word, your nervous system is keeping score.

We'll cover:

What a broken promise to yourself actually looks like in a high-achieving…