I'm not a psychologist, but in my opinion the
reason that so many people fail to follow through on
their New Year's Resolutions is that they try to
make drastic changes overnight.
I believe that the secret to successful
resolutions can be found in my Mortality
Manifesto's
concept of daily living. Allow me to explain.
Let's say that you smoke cigarettes and would
like to stop. But you've been smoking for so many
years that you don't know how to live without
cigarettes. In fact, you actually think of yourself
not just as someone who smokes, but as "a smoker" -
it has become part of your identity.
Making a New Year's Resolution like: "I will stop
smoking in 2006" is the equivalent of saying that
you will completely change a major aspect of your
personality overnight. Of course, you can enlist
nicotine gum, patches and hypnosis to help you with
this transformation, but you are still trying to
make a drastic change all at once. On top of that,
by making this change at the beginning of the New
Year, you are proclaiming that this change will
last for the entire year ahead.
The Mortality Manifesto encourages you to ensure
that your every thought, word and action are moving
you in the direction of your dreams. But the real
key to successful resolutions comes in the last line of
the Manifesto, which reads:
"This is the gift I give
to myself - today and every day!"
You CAN change a major aspect your personality
overnight - provided that you are only trying to
change it one day at a time. If you commit to doing
that each and every day, I believe you can have
anything you desire in 2006!
Make it an outstanding year by making each day an outstanding day!
ENJOY NOW!
