5 Simple Ways to Change Your Life
Change is hard because we make it hard. Change your life by rejecting things that make change hard.
Five things make change easier:
#1. Know what you want, specifically.
Ambiguous goals make change unlikely. You won’t change until you’re crystal clear about one new thing you intend to do today that produces change. It’s helpful to stop something. It’s necessary to do differently.
#2. Aim low.
Change is hard when you aim high. Over-confidence defeats everyone eventually.
#3. Stop people-pleasing.
You won’t change when other people govern the way you think about yourself.
#4. Give up on quick change.
Impatience makes change frustrating. You can’t change your life in a day. Go to the gym three times a week for a month and things will change.
#5. Seek help before you need it.
Going alone makes change unlikely. The people who reach the highest get the most help. You don’t think Taylor Swift does everything herself, do you?
5 simple ways to change your life:
You can’t change your life by doing the same things.
#1. Change the way you talk to yourself.
Beating yourself down doesn’t lift you up. Encourage yourself like you encourage a first-grader. The language you use sets the trajectory of your life.
#2. Change the way you talk to others.
Your words invite responses. Anger invites resistance. Defeated language doesn’t instill confidence.
#3. Change the way you think about money.
Give some of your money away today. Tight-fisted people live small unsatisfying lives.
#4. Change the way you get up.
Morning rituals set the trajectory of your day. When you start frantic you live stressed. Choose how you show up before you show up.
#5. Change your friends.
Your world expands when you understand yourself in connection, not isolation.
Which of the above ideas seems most useful to you today?
How can we make change easier?
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I appreciate the posts and resonate easily with
most all your ideas, thoughts, and wisdom shared.
Please bring more on change, it is so true we
can’t change without accountability.
Thanks,Norm. Great point on accountability. Two things really help. Write down the goal and tell someone else.
Tell EVERYONE else!
I like–Change your self-talk. That’s very important.
I would add–select a trigger to remind you to do the new behavior. Like the buzzer that reminds us to put your seat belt on.
Love your suggestion, Paul. I forget quickly. Constant reminders keep the path forward in mind, especially when there are negative behaviors or attitudes blocking the way.
This is such great life advice today Dan! Thank you for sharing. I liked all of the tips but especially connected with the challenge to seek help before you need it. Man, I wish I had better understood this earlier in life.
You and me both, Brian. I was over-confident in my youth. Who knows where we would be if we had been a little less smart and a little more open! Cheers