![]() ![]() Now if you actually complete a 30-day trial, what’s going to happen? First, you’ll go far enough to establish it as a habit, and it will be easier to maintain than it was to begin it. And for at least 30 days, you’ll gain some benefit. ![]() Any perceived deprivation is only temporary. Read for an hour a day for 30 days, then go back to watching TV.Ĭould you do it? It still requires a bit of discipline and commitment, but not nearly so much as making a permanent change. Maintain a neatly organized desk for 30 days, then slack off. Exercise daily for just 30 days, then quit. The more you think about the change as something permanent, the more you stay put.īut what if you thought about making the change only temporarily - say for 30 days - and then you’re free to go back to your old habits? That doesn’t seem so hard anymore. It seems too overwhelming to think about making a big change and sticking with it every day for the rest of your life when you’re still habituated to doing the opposite. Yet we often psyche ourselves out of getting started by mentally thinking about the change as something permanent - before we’ve even begun. Once you’ve overcome inertia, it’s much easier to keep going. We all know that getting started and sticking with the new habit for a few weeks is the hard part. Let’s say you want to start a new habit like an exercise program or quit a bad habit like sucking on cancer sticks. It’s also a great way to develop new habits, and best of all, it’s brain-dead simple. This is a concept I borrowed from the shareware industry, where you can download a trial version of a piece of software and try it out risk-free for 30 days before you’re required to buy the full version. A powerful personal growth tool is the 30-day trial. ![]()
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