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Why Willpower Alone Will Never Change Your Life (And What Will)
the forgotten but crucial piece for lasting change
I’m curious — How many of you have had this experience?
You want to change something about your life. Let’s say you want to get fit.
So you decide:
Ok, this time I’m going to do it! This time for sure.
I’m done with being lazy. I’m going to start exercising!
You are all fired up, you’ve been brewing on this for weeks, feeling the energy build up inside. You go ahead and take action:
whether that’s signing up at a gym, or starting to run once a week or subscribing to some online class. Amazing!
You feel great, you are determined. Nothing is going to stop you this time!
It goes well for a while, maybe a month, maybe much longer.
And then…
inevitably life happens and you fall off the treadmill of your holy routine.
Or you simply run out of steam and become a little bit more slack.
And next thing you know: you have given up on your goal and are back in the dump of your negative self-talk — see, what a loser you are. You…
