![]() ![]() This might take the form of an “accountability partner” like a personal trainer, a coach, or a friend. In this way, we are locking ourselves in to a plan that will favour our future self, even when our present self would prefer to do something else. So what can we do to help ourselves to stick with the commitment that we’ve made? The obvious solution is to create some support structures that will either make it easier for us to keep to our plan or make it harder to stray from it. It’s the difference between wanting to eat that piece of chocolate cake right now when I’m tired and hungry, and feeling great a few months down the line if I’ve been eating healthily and lost some weight between lusting after a new handbag now, and saving that money to buy a house or to invest for a comfortable retirement between reading a book or watching my favourite TV show now, and having invested that time in working towards a bigger goal like learning a new language, writing a book, or launching a business and reaping the benefits further down the line. ![]() But even when we’re completely committed, we’re clear on our goal and we’re feeling energised, we’re 100% sure that we’ll do what we said – even then, how many times has that energy fizzled out and the commitment faded when it actually came down to implementing our best-laid plans? Our future versus our present selvesĪ lot of this is down to the fact that we care more about the present moment than we do about some abstract time in the future. There is no try.” Trying is allowing the possibility of failure, it’s half hearted, it’s saying that it’s okay that you won’t end up doing what you said you would. My favourite Star Wars quote has always been Yoda’s words of encouragement to Luke when he’s trying to learn how use the force: “Do… or do not.
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