Change your life #2

Change your mind - part II

From Success Magazine and John Maxwell:

https://www.success.com/john-c-maxwell-it-only-takes-6-steps-to-change-your-life/?

We started this yesterday, so we will finish it off today.

Yesterday:

#1 When you change your thinking, you change your beliefs

#2 When you change your beliefs, you change your expectations.  

#3 When you change your expectations you change your attitude

Today:

#4 When you change your attitude, you change your behavior

I know three strong people who were alcoholics (or, they still are alcoholics, but have avoiding the temptations for many years)

They changed their beliefs - leading to a change in attitude what said (to them at least) “I don’t need alcohol”!!  They stopped buying alcohol and tucking it away in the pantry.  Coming home from work, they don’t want a cocktail - their behavior changed.  

#5 When you change your behavior you change your performance

Maxwell writes, “Most people would rather live with old problems than new solutions. We would rather be comfortable than correct; we would rather stay in a routine than make changes. Even when we know that the changes are going to be better for us, we often don’t make them because we feel uncomfortable or awkward about making that kind of a change. Until we get courage and get used to living with something that is not comfortable, we cannot get any better.”

Yes, we are in our comfort zone.  Doing what we have been doing - the same old things - again and again.  In the past I talked of a cartoon with a person in a pathway asking, “Am I in the groove or am I in a rut”.  Grooves feel good, and ruts even feel good.  Without implying anything, I was in a rut.  My comfort zone was just too ‘comforting’.  I needed to change in order to grow.  And, I had changed - and I am still changing.  Your change does not have to be as radical as my change but changing - such as stopping smoking or drinking or overeating or not exercising requires an action!!

#6 When you change your performance you change your LIFE

YEP - you need to change your life for the better.

Some people have suggested that we need to make the current situation - the status quo - be so very painful that we HAVE to change.  Realize that your smoking will probably cause health problems; or your drinking will cause health problems, or your obesity will also cause you health problems.

CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER!!!

Karen