Have you ever wondered why gyms are full in January but empty a month later?
Why ambitious goals - write a book, build a business, lose 20 kg - is often not achieved?
An attempt at massive change, for most people, will remain just that – an attempt!
The change is just too big.
We tell ourselves that we need to make huge changes, that all of our friends will be amazed by, because making small changes just isn’t going to make it to our facebook page status!
‘I had no chocolate on Tuesday this week!’
‘I walked 1 mile yesterday!’
‘I only smoked 15 cigarettes today!’
Yep, that’s not going to get you any likes at all!
You are who you are because of many small choices that you have made over time. These 1% changes, good or bad, add up to make the positive or negative habits that you have today.
This is why you find a big difference between those that have made many small but good choices and those that have made many small but bad ones.
Let’s be honest, you’re not going to build a successful business overnight, lose 20 kgs by the morning or become a rock star by next Thursday but by looking at ways of making very small changes in many parts of your life you’ll be well on the way to creating the action that will get you the results you desire.
Now, where do you want to start?
Hopefully, this story about the British Cycling team will give you an inspiration. I first heard this story from the my partners in Australia - Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk from Anecdote.
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