Change Is Inevitable, But Your Growth Is Optional
As you take stock in where you are right now, you may be pleased, just ok, or pissed. It may not surprise you that there is no one, read no one, that wants to remain at the present level of achievement. We all want to grow. Everyone wants to get better. Not a genuine surprise, right? It doesn’t matter whether it’s in better shape, making more money, or finding a better job. Everyone wants to be better off. Here’s the message, there are three things that, if you do, the chances of your success will skyrocket. Likewise, if you don’t make any changes, you can kiss your chances of having a different outcome goodbye. Remember the little Einstein tidbit? To paraphrase, to do the same thing over and over again and to expect a different result is the definition of…insanity. You want to get better or just go insane? Not a tough choice.
Change Your Habits
You make about 16,000 decisions each day. You think about making a fraction of those. When you get up, you get dressed. Good choice. You may think about what you wear, but the decision to get covered is not conscious, but a habit. And for most of us, a damn good practice. Your brain wants to be on auto-pilot so that it can save its power for real decisions that matter. Follow your brain’s lead. Don’t try consciously to make decisions to improve your situation, let your habits unconsciously…
