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 you do this?
I am not talking about the type of change that lasts for just a few months and then we go back to the same stuff we always used to do. No, I am talking about that everlasting change that permits us to move onward with our lives and leave our old ways behind. This is the true change that will last forever. The secret is to commit everything you have in your life to building what you can in the present moment.
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 you do to make sure that you're successful?
When it comes down to it, it's actually pretty simple. Focus on one thing, every day, to make yourself a little bit better compared to the day before and do that for as long as you can. Don't get obsessive about the quantum leap where everything changes all at once - it is a lie. That's a "New Years Resolution" way of thinking. Instead, focus on the daily tasks you can perform and over a period of time you will change more than you could really ever imagine.
Change one day at a time. Change for the rest of your life.
Don't wait.
How can you do this?
I am not talking about the type of change that lasts for just a few months and then we go back to the same stuff we always used to do. No, I am talking about that everlasting change that permits us to move onward with our lives and leave our old ways behind. This is the true change that will last forever. The secret is to commit everything you have in your life to building what you can in the present moment.
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 you do to make sure that you're successful?
When it comes down to it, it's actually pretty simple. Focus on one thing, every day, to make yourself a little bit better compared to the day before and do that for as long as you can. Don't get obsessive about the quantum leap where everything changes all at once - it is a lie. That's a "New Years Resolution" way of thinking. Instead, focus on the daily tasks you can perform and over a period of time you will change more than you could really ever imagine.
Change one day at a time. Change for the rest of your life.
Don't wait.
About the Author:
Live it up. 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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