Make A Change, Make It Stick

. Pretty soon, the idea has disappeared from your thoughts and you continue living the same way you always have.

This is a very common tendency, one that often causes us to miss out on some great new adventures and achievements. If we were able to implement at least one really good idea effectively, it might bring dramatic improvement to our lives.

As someone once said, "To have what you've never had you have to do what you've never done."

So how can we break free from this tendency and make change happen? Well, I recently came across some research conducted by Brigham Young University in 1993 that focused on exactly that question. They surveyed a large population and found some fascinating and helpful results.

When people said, "Nice idea," and did nothing more, only 10 percent made the change happen.

When the person said, "Nice idea; I'll do it," that number increased to 25 percent of the population.

There was a 40 percent success rate for those who actually set a date to start implementing the change.

The success rate increased even more, to 50 percent, when the person set a date and made an action plan.

When the person set a date, made a plan, and made a commitment to others involved in the project, 60 percent of the people were successful.

But what brought about the highest success rate was this: Among those surveyed, there was a 95 percent success rate when people set a specific date, made a plan, and found some third party to hold them accountable!

We can all learn a lot from this research. The moral of the story is that we need to have other people help us get the job done. We need someone behind us saying, "Hey, did you accomplish what you planned to do this week for that new project? No? Why not, you bum?! Get going!"

So don't let those good ideas that come to mind just slip by and disappear. Set a date, make an action plan, make commitments, and find someone to kick you in the butt so you don't give up. If you do that, you will become the person you want to be . . . and CRUSH it!

by: Kerry Sullivan

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