9 Small Changes That Have Had The Biggest Impact On My Health
And why ‘massive action’ isn’t a good long-term strategy
Anything that leads to a massive lifestyle change will likely fail.
You can’t just uproot your entire way of doing things and expect a smooth, seamless transition to a new way of living. You have to remember that you have arrived at your current lifestyle from an entire lifetime of living. You can’t just flip that upside down in a week or two and expect it to last.
Committing to a massive change in diet or exercise is a declaration of war against your willpower and discipline—and an intense daily battle is exactly what you’re signing up for when you choose that route.
While it’s true that massive action leads to massive results, the fundamental component that’s missing from the ‘massive action’ conversation is a timeframe. Temporary massive action will only lead to temporary results. Only sustained action can lead to sustained life-long results.
And when we’re talking about lifestyle change, sustainability is everything.
When you focus on little improvements from where you already are, you’ll be far more likely to succeed. Rather than uproot your entire lifestyle, you simply change the direction you’re heading (for the…
