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Pacing Yourself Through Change

By Patrick ⋅ December 22, 2008 ⋅ Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅
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OK…let’s assume that you’re truly motivated to change. Great. But how do you stay that way? That’s a very , because most people fail to change not because they don’t want to, but because they can’t sustain their motivating drive throughout the process. Here are a few things to think about, to do, and to watch out for.
First, make a conscious decision about how much of your time and effort you’re willing to invest in the change process. This decision will, of course, influence or determine how long it will take to change, the degree of change over time, and so forth. But by quantifying your time allocation you’ll be less likely to give too much time to activities that aren’t productive. You’ll also more easily focus on NOT trying to over-perfect things that are OK as is. And finally, by allocating your time you’ll keep your effort in this area in balance with the rest of your life
Next, make only wise comparisons. As you make progress, you’re going to want to measure it. Often we measure ourselves by our observations of others. Guard against comparing yourself to the top experts ? those people you believe are absolutely perfect. They’ll represent impossible-to-reach targets and you’ll get discouraged. Measure yourself against those who are just far enough ahead of you to represent a viable challenge for you.
One way to avoid that trap is to measure yourself tomorrow against yourself yesterday. The old sports clich

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