Why Do People Fail?

Monday, January 22nd, 2007
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So many people make resolutions, both in their personal lives and in their business lives, and fail to carry through on them. Why is that? We know what we want to do. We know what is good for us. We know what we should do. So then, why do so many resolutions fail?

A lot of the articles I’ve seen and the help pages I’ve visited seem to put a lot of focus on why we should change. Some of the help out there seemed to me to be mind control techiniques. I don’t think that someone reinforcing for me why I should stop smoking, get more exercise or improve my work situation would work for me. Why? Because I do already know all of those things, so I needed to think why, then, was it so hard to actually accomplish my goal?

I came across a really interesting article by David Maister, business author, speaker and consultant. It helped to give me a different perspective on why it is so hard to stick to your goal. In my case, my goal is to quit smoking. This article applies to all goals, be it about your personal goals or your business goals. I found it interesting and hope you do also.

Material reprinted from davidmaister.com
© Copyright 2001-2007 by David Maister

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rubyredshoes
I like the Wizard of Oz, as you can probably tell by my screen name. I love jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, cooking and most of all, reading. My favorite genres are suspense and mystery. I live in Maine but was born and raised in Philly. I have 3 grown children and 1 marvelous granddaughter who keeps me young!

  1. Antman
    January 22nd, 2007

    Hey Ruby, how is the no smoking coming? I am rooting for you. I want to get you some strong moral support from the blogashpere. Could you send me a quick update on how your doing. I would appreciate it. You go girl, you will kick it.


  2. rubyredshoes
    January 22nd, 2007

    Hi Antman,

    Thanks so much for writing. I am slowly working my way to my goal. My reasoning is that if I can cut down to about 6 cigarettes a day, when the big “Q” day comes there will be less nicotine in my body than if I had suddenly gone cold turkey. I’m hoping that will make withdrawal a little bit easier. Some days go better than others, but I still have a strong will to do it.

    I’ve tried to keep up on the progress report. You can see all of my posts by clicking my name under Authors or the category of New Years’s Resolutions.

    Thanks again for the support and encouragement.

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