Early in my career I spent a great deal of time studying groups and organizations. In this exploration I came to the conclusion that a well run organization could accomplish change in even the most unwilling person. All that was needed was sufficient time and control over the environment to achieve the desired results. Of course, this is brainwashing and is change at the cost of choice and self-determination.
Then again, behavioral change is so very difficult. Not just for addicts and alcoholics, but for those who struggle with chronic anger, gambling or obesity. And even when a new way of life is established many people find emotional recovery an elusive dream. How often do people truly follow through long enough to accomplish their goa
Recovery isn’t about “breaking a habit”. It is about a change of consciousness profound enough to rise above not only the primary addiction to establish a healthy balanced in one’s life.
This Friday is Independence Day. Take some time this week and write out a description of one nagging problem behavior you’d like to change in your life. Be specific about what the problem is, when it happens, what prompts it and how it affects you as a person. Then write out how you’d like that to change and what that change would mean to you and your relationships to others. Put that piece of paper in you wallet or purse where you have to look at it on a daily basis. You don’t have to read it; just knowing it’s there is good enough. Now just watch how quickly change will start to occur.
John
Then again, behavioral change is so very difficult. Not just for addicts and alcoholics, but for those who struggle with chronic anger, gambling or obesity. And even when a new way of life is established many people find emotional recovery an elusive dream. How often do people truly follow through long enough to accomplish their goa
Recovery isn’t about “breaking a habit”. It is about a change of consciousness profound enough to rise above not only the primary addiction to establish a healthy balanced in one’s life.
This Friday is Independence Day. Take some time this week and write out a description of one nagging problem behavior you’d like to change in your life. Be specific about what the problem is, when it happens, what prompts it and how it affects you as a person. Then write out how you’d like that to change and what that change would mean to you and your relationships to others. Put that piece of paper in you wallet or purse where you have to look at it on a daily basis. You don’t have to read it; just knowing it’s there is good enough. Now just watch how quickly change will start to occur.
John
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