Finding Time for Change to Take

Tis the season of change on this side of the monitor.

Personal things; professional things. Physical changes; mental changes. Habits, behaviors…beliefs.

Wouldn’t it be grand if they made "instant change – just add hot water?"

Over the past few days, I’ve been changing some personal behaviors as it relates to exercise, eating, even sleeping. For these changes to be truly effective and pay off, discipline and persistence are key ingredients. Change takes time. Not necessarily new time, but found time.

Today, as I prepare to begin the catching up of correspondence and project work, I realize there are changes to be made professionally. Don’t quite know what all these changes are just yet, but to do the same things I did before is an invitation for the same result, no?

In many ways, I’ll be leaning on my own advice to new business bloggers. If it’s worth doing, you’ll find the time. It may be doing less of one thing, more of another. Or eliminating a wasted effort to create a profitable one.

Of many things learned recently, this one (hundred) I know.  I have a lot of hugs to dish out.  Here they come…

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  • http://blog.runnerslounge.com Tom Green

    Mike,
    So good to see you coming around with your health. One of your many gifts is insight, including stating the obvious when we overlook it. Change does take time, and we all need your reminder.
    Thanks also for the reminder of how we all underestimate the power of the big three you mentioned–diet, exercise, and sleep. Our chaotic lives get in the way of living our best.
    In a few weeks and months you’re going to feel amazing, and to paraphrase you, I’m betting we all win.
    Take care,
    Tom

  • http://www.marketingideablog.com Janet Green

    Mike, so glad to see you posting again! Ahh, instant change – grand indeed. Particularly when it comes to health, don’t we all wish for a “magic pill” to reverse the effects of years of bad habits? I know I do – and yet there doesn’t seem to be one. That means it takes time, and work, and constant reminders (yes, nagging!) to make the new routine a habit. I know I speak for many when I say, “Let us know how we can help”! Best, Janet

  • JD

    Mike, good luck with your showing your self some love. Often times when someone is there for everyone, they can lose themselves. Exercise is a way of loving yourself, so is eating right and sleeping well.I need to do better as well

  • http://blog.runnerslounge.com Amy

    As someone who is very adaptable in the moment but wary of change, a good friend once passed on this little nugget of advice to me – “it’s never the change that is hard, it is the transition”.
    Take your time on your transition and take care of yourself.
    As Covey always says, 21 days to a new habit!

  • http://www.publicrelationsprincess.com Claire Celsi

    Mike, welcome back and I hope your transition is successful.

  • http://www.OwnYourBrand.com Mike Wagner

    Mike, you are right about the challenge of change.
    Maybe that is why the Psalmist wrote, “it is good that I was afflicted”?!
    Coming off a challenge like you have gone through is an educational experience.
    Glad you are back!
    Keep creating,
    Mike

  • http://brandandmarket.blogspot.com Chris Brown

    Glad you’re back!
    Chris

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