So, here we are ten days into the New Year. How are all those changes you promised yourself you’d make holding up? For many people, this is the stage by which something has gone wrong – sheer willpower turned out not to be enough, and a reversion to old behaviour and patterns has probably led to your changes being abandoned for another year. By the way, if none of this applies to you then congratulations!
Now, you can get back on track. Making successful changes is about devising and applying the right strategy. Michael Neill (NLP Master Trainer) speaks about our attitudes when we bring up our children – that stage when the previously crawling baby attempts to walk. The first time (and probably a few attempts after that) the baby will tumble back to the floor – yet no parent would dream of writing off their child and saying “well that’s it, this one’s just not a walker”.
Yet how often do we give up on change after one attempt. “Hey, I was only going to eat healthy food this year but I ate junk food yesterday, so obviously I’m just not going to be able to change.”
“The best thing about the past is that it’s over. The best thing about the future is that it’s yet to come. The best thing about the present is that it’s here now.” Richard Bandler, co-creator of NLP.
If you fell over this morning that’s over. Stand up and keep changing now. When the future arrives you’ll be meeting it with a giggle because it’s the really changed you that’s present.
