A rocky mountain hiker once came upon a sheep stuck in a ravine. He pulled and tugged at the sheep to try to free it. Finally, with all his might, he pulled the sheep to the top. He turned his back for one moment, and, you guessed it, the sheep had fallen back into the ravine. It wasn't until he rescued the sheep again and then drove it away, that the sheep was able to go to safety.
What does this have to do with you and me? Plenty. You see, the same thing happens in our emotional and intellectual life as well. How many times have you resolved to change something in your life once and for all, only to find that, with out realizing it, you have slipped back into the same pattern again? We all get stuck in a rut sometimes. The trick is to exert enough consistent force, over a long enough period of time, to overcome our negative patterns and create lasting change. This is where goals come in.
We've all heard that it takes 21 days to change a habit. This is true because, like the sheep in the ravine, we tend to slip back into old, comfortable ways. Think about a New Years resolution that you made this year.
Keep up on your daily goals, keep accountable to everyone possible, keep forging ahead to the new you!
4 comments:
Thank you . I plan on forging ahead to make my goals a permanent habit of production. MarkMDC
Yes. Thank you again for your tremendous, consistent, always perfect coaching and mentoring. You are appreciated more than you know Mr Schapiro.
Yes, I will do that..Thank you!
Jim said..."What a realization! What an astounding amount of my life is governed by habits, both good & bad. I am so thankful for all this support, equipment and training so that I may trade off habits like TV & goofing around for habits like forging ahead & goal setting. Thank you so very much dear Sir/Friend for creating & developing such incredible opportunities for us & for the generations to come!"
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