The science of change is NOT IN YOUR FAVOUR!! You may ignore it. You can try harder. You can “will” yourself to change, but if you are like 90% of people, you will fail. Left to your own devices, you will not change!
I’m not trying to be overly dramatic here. I’m not saying you can’t change. I’m making a point: the odds of changing are NOT IN YOUR FAVOUR.
STOP...think about it. Is that not reality for most of us? I know that left to my own devices it is true: I don’t change. If you are honest, you will agree that left to your own devices you will not change either. Like most, you have made many commitments to yourself, to your family, to your business team, your client and suppliers.
In his book Change Or Die, Alan Deutschman highlights research from different groups of people who all faced serious incentives to change...and yet the majority did not.
Look at these research numbers…
90% of people having coronary bypass surgery did not change their lifestyle within 2 years after the life-threatening event.
30% of inmates were rearrested within 6 months and 67.5% were rearrested within 3 years.
Deutschman highlights 3 research-based strategies that are crucial for you and me if we are serious about changing, growing and becoming the leaders God has designed us to be.
Relate (Community)
Repeat (Habit / Ritual)
Reframe (Mindset)
As a business owner/leader, do you have these 3 crucial life-giving strategies in place? Let’s see what you think…
Godly Community: You have the God-given capacity to be fully engaged in an intentional, hope-filled, no-nonsense, full-of-grace-and-truth, Christ-focused, deliberately doing-life-well-for-a-lifetime-together community. (Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV, Galatians 6:2 NLT, James 5:16 NLT, Proverbs 27:17 NIV)
Kingdom-Focused Habits: In this community you practice, practice, and practice some more until the very behaviors of doing life well in Christ are spiritual habits. Philippians 4:9 NIV
Christ-Focused Mindset: You know what it is like to be around negative, always grumbling people (I’m hoping you are not one of them). You also know what it is like to be around people who have chosen a beautiful Christ-like attitude towards life, people, challenges and opportunities. Philippians 4:8 NIV Romans 8:5-6 NIV Romans 12:2 NIV
God has designed your brain to be so very pliable...so very changeable. In her book, “Switch On Your Brain”, Dr. Caroline Leaf says
A Deliberate Application:
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