I was reading a book the other day and I came across a section that amazed me. It was so mind blowing that I fired up the ole Facebook and decided to blog on what I read..."Change or Die."
A recent medical study revealed just how difficult change is for people. Roughly 600,000 people have heart bypasses and must change their lifestyle. The heart bypass is a temporary fix. They must change their diet. They must quit smoking and drinking. They must exercise and reduce stress.
The doctors say over and over in no uncertain terms, change or die.
So one would think that after a near death experience, it would be simple. Choose to change.
That's not the case.
Ninety percent of all heart patients do not change. They remain the same. Study after study indicates that two years after heart surgery, the patients have not changed. Instead of a healthy lifestyle, they choose a slow death.
People speak of how they adapt well to change, but in the real world....Change is very difficult.
What is the best method to initiate change? Should it be all at once or incremental? Many change theorists disagree on how change is most effectively achieved.
I decided to change a major part of my life in September. I decided to be out the door and at work by 7:30 each morning. I always believed that I was not a morning person. I discovered after a 30 day challenge that I am more of a morning person than I had ever known.
Change is most effective when it is incremental, slow and methodical. The goal of change is transformation. Become someone different.
With each change, a culture of change is built allowing for more changes to occur. So how does a person change?
One day at a time.
Tomorrow the change can start!!!
