We’ve all either been that person or know that person who always talks about how they’re going to change after x, y, or z. We can all sympathize with that person. It’s even sort of exciting to think about the prospect of changing in the future. In fact, that very idea is why New Year’s Resolutions fail. Using a date (Jan. 1) as a means for changing is safe. It’s some idea in the future that allows us to justify our behaviors in the present. Waiting until New Year’s Day is our way of feeling safe. It’s in the future, where performance doesn’t happen. Performance happens in the present. People make changes when THEY are ready, not when the calendar tells them to. So, we give the new diet plan the old college try until a lack of discipline wears us down and the diet isn’t providing the results we want fast enough. Time does not positively change people. The calendar does not positively change people. Intentional choice positively changes people. Discipline positively changes people (see J...
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