How to Change Absolutely Anything

Time for a Change

To create change, you must modify your behavior or influence the appropriate people in your life to change their behavior. This requires understanding why you do things, the way you do them and why targeted people, often your closest colleagues, relatives or friends, operate as they do.

Putting change techniques, such as the following 10-step program, into action requires having an open mind. You want to be clear about the change or changes you wish to make. Otherwise, you may fall victim to a condition psychologists call “change blindness”; that is, as you bring about concrete adjustments step-by-step, you might not notice that overall change is gradually occurring. This inability to register the difference you’re really making could discourage you from continuing your change project. To avoid this difficulty, try to remain aware of how your life was when you first started your journey and to appreciate where you are now. Give yourself proper credit for the progress you’re making and remain committed to your change agenda.

Prescription for Positive Change

To bring about positive personal change, follow...