By Dr. Harry Tennant
Friday, March 23, 2012 Sticking with itImprovement means change and change can be hard. We resolve to change but often fall back into our old ways. Okay, so then what happens? Most commonly, we give up. Don't do it! I have a goal of getting over my habit of drinking Diet Coke all the time. But after a couple of weeks of abstenance, I have just finished one. Sure I am disappointed, but it is not reason to give up! It is evidence that my plan was imperfect. To the extent that my plan relied on iron will, it was doomed to fail. I don't possess an iron will so I need a plan that doesn't require it. Edison went through a thousand experiments without success when looking for a light bulb filament that would last. He said that he wasn't discouraged because he now knew a thousand things that wouldn't work. The same goes for my Diet Coke habit. I now know another plan that doesn't work. I'll try something else. And the same goes for any improvement. They aren't all going to work. Adopt the attitude that every failure is another step forward...if you're willing to learn from it. Posted at 12:00 AM 0 Comments |