Deconstruct before you reconstruct

To succeed in a new area, you must be willing to let go of another area that is holding you back. It may sound like a statement of the blindingly obvious and to some it may be. What may not be quite so obvious is that - most people don't do it. They try and patch a new discipline on top of old ones. The newer habit that says - I will go to the gym 3 times a week and work out, when 6 nights out of 7 they're down the local pub drinking copious amounts of beer and eating pretzels.

Don't worry, we've all been there and done that, we say to ourselves, I'll change the eating patterns once I've gotten the new exercise discipline going. I'll work harder when I get a better job, I mean why should I bother now....they have no appreciation for who I am and what I do, so I'll goof off and start work properly when I get a job where they appreciate who I am and pay me accordingly.

Actually it doesn't work like that. Unless you're incredibly lucky. They're not called habits of a lifetime for nothing. So before you add any new areas to your life, have a look at what you currently do, and then ask - are you willing to keep that habit or should you think about getting rid of it? Which as you know is easier said than done. If you decide to change the habit for another one, ask yourself the biggest questions of all

. Am I willing to do whatever it takes in order to achieve this?

. Why do I want to do this?

. Why do I want to put myself through the learning curve to achieve it?

. What will be my payoffs? And

. Are the payoffs big enough to get me over the line to success or not.

Believe me - if the payoffs aren't big enough, if you don't have enough reasons, you will fail 9 times out of 10.

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"A lot of successful people are risk-takers. Unless you are willing to do that....to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen" Phillip Adams - Australian author, writer and radio broadcaster|
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