John Assaraf breaks down three types of commitment: seasonal, reasoned, and lifelong. He argues that lasting change comes from building habits that upgrade your mental and emotional software, not from chasing quick wins that fade once motivation does.
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And people will do things for either a reason, a season or a lifetime. If you're committed to an outcome that you don't just want to achieve and then stop, then why not commit to a process that you can continue? Here's what we know. Let's say you've been earning a certain amount of income for the last 10 years and you want to maybe double or triple your income. Isn't it worth it to be disciplined to sustainable change versus, you know, rapid change that goes away? If we are creatures of habit, then why not get really good at develop empowering, constructive, positive habits? Why not get good at upgrading our own mental and emotional and behavioral software so that once we do it, we could just sustain it because we set a new expectation for ourselves.