Does your Personal Development Program involve Giving Something Up?

At some point in the past, you decided that you wanted to start making some positive changes in your life.

Maybe you were overweight, maybe you were broke, maybe you were in a dead-end job, maybe you wanted a satisfying relationship, or maybe you simply wanted a change of pace.

Well, the time since you made that decision has now come and gone, and it is now time ask the question:

What significant and consistent changes have you made to your lifestyle since then?

Oh sure, you started off with a head full of steam, and for a week or two, you were so dedicated to your cause that the universe itself was rearranging the order of things in order for you to achieve success.

However, after all this time, things still aren't exactly where you want them to be. You're still not at your ideal weight, you're still not financially independent, you still don't have a job that you love, and in fact, your life really hasn't changed very much at all since you first started this quest for success!

How is that possible? It's been 3, 6, maybe even 9 months or more since you first decided to start effecting some positive and lasting changes in your life, yet after all this time, your life really hasn't changed all that much!

And therein lies the problem.

Your life is not significantly different than it was before because your life is not significantly different than it was before!

No, you are not seeing double. You have not yet achieved the success that you are striving for because you have not significantly and consistently done things differently than you have done them in the past.

Now, the reason why this post is called 'Does your Personal Development Program involve Giving Something Up?' is because for many people, their lack of success is not due to a lack of effort, but rather due to a lack of sacrifice.

They are working and struggling towards whatever their individual goals are, and they have made some forward progress. However, their baggage from the past is slowing them down because they haven't yet been willing to let go of it!

• If your goal is to lose weight, and you start going to the gym everyday and working out properly, you will start to make some progress. However, if you don't give up your habit of eating unhealthy foods in large quantities, your time at the gym is only going to shave off a certain amount of bodyfat. You need to let go of unhealthy eating habits if you ever want to make startling and sustainable progress.
• If your goal is to become financially independent, and you start finding multiple streams of income in order to build your cash-crop, you'll be on the right track. However, if you maintain your habit of living beyond your means, or failing to follow through on long-term financial strategies, you will have a difficult time amassing any serious amount of wealth.
• If your goal is to have a satisfying relationship, and you start that process by promising not to "settle" for second best anymore, then you will feel empowered, your confidence will soar, and you'll be on your way. However, if you fail to address and consistently modify your own shortcomings that have been part of your failed relationships in the past, what do you think the chances are that a future relationship is going to be any different?

These are just some random examples of the type of sacrifices that people in those situations might need to make. I'm sure you have your own story that loosely fits into that outline, and like the examples given, the solution is for you to significantly and consistently modify your lifestyle. You need to start acting like the type of person who deserves the success that you are after.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Just making significant OR consistent efforts is not good enough – you must do both!

• Making a significant change in your life will only bring about temporary results. If you do not keep up that significant change over the long-term, your results will quickly fade away.
• If you make a consistent effort, but it is not significant enough to effect the changes that you want, then making that effort consistently will not do you much good. Consistently doing something ineffective will only bring about consistently ineffective results.

So, armed as you now are with all of the information from this post, refer back once again to the title:

'Does your Personal Development Program involve Giving Something Up?' 

If you've been working hard to achieve success, but don't yet have it, take a moment to turn around and look behind you. There is a good chance that you are dragging around some baggage from the past that needs to be cut loose!

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