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The secret of change is to focus everything on creating what you can in the present, and letting yourself slip out of the past and the future.
How can we do this?
Change doesn't come easy. In fact, true long-lasting change comes at a price of devoting your entire life to taking daily steps. While we can make small changes on the spot, to make significant tectonic shifts in your life you will have to employ a completely different set of tactics than you used before.
If you let your mind wander around in the past you will be stuck forever and if you let it travel into the future too often it will never come back. Both the past and the future can be equally as dangerous in keeping your mind out of the present moment. While it's fun to go there in our minds, we have to reel them back in time after time to be able to act right now.
The journey of change is far from being a straight line. Think about how many people really attempt to make great changes the on the first of January. Statistically, about 92% of those who make New Years Resolutions fail miserably close to the beginning of the year. 92%. The numbers don't lie so there must really be something incredibly broken with that system of goal setting.
So what can we do?
The plan is simple. Ready? Focus on one thing every single day that will improve your life in some way and do that for the rest of your life. Give up trying to change everything all at once - that way of thinking is broken. Think about your best life being created in the same way you would walk up a big mountain. Day after day take step after step. I know this idea isn't incredibly sexy, but it's what works.
Start the journey of change right now, one step at a time.
Do it now.
How can we do this?
Change doesn't come easy. In fact, true long-lasting change comes at a price of devoting your entire life to taking daily steps. While we can make small changes on the spot, to make significant tectonic shifts in your life you will have to employ a completely different set of tactics than you used before.
If you let your mind wander around in the past you will be stuck forever and if you let it travel into the future too often it will never come back. Both the past and the future can be equally as dangerous in keeping your mind out of the present moment. While it's fun to go there in our minds, we have to reel them back in time after time to be able to act right now.
The journey of change is far from being a straight line. Think about how many people really attempt to make great changes the on the first of January. Statistically, about 92% of those who make New Years Resolutions fail miserably close to the beginning of the year. 92%. The numbers don't lie so there must really be something incredibly broken with that system of goal setting.
So what can we do?
The plan is simple. Ready? Focus on one thing every single day that will improve your life in some way and do that for the rest of your life. Give up trying to change everything all at once - that way of thinking is broken. Think about your best life being created in the same way you would walk up a big mountain. Day after day take step after step. I know this idea isn't incredibly sexy, but it's what works.
Start the journey of change right now, one step at a time.
Do it now.
About the Author:
Time to live your dream. Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME Life Coaching and writes articles about the experiences of daily life. Make sure to check out these Quotes About Fear and these Quotes About Forgiveness for some good motivation and inspiration.
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