Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. Goals are about the results you want to achieve. So, what is the difference between goals and systems? However, contrary to what you might think, the results you seek have very little to do with the goals you set, and nearly everything to do with the systems you follow. Prevailing wisdom claims that the best way to achieve what we want in life, is to set specific actionable goals. The difference between those who succeed and those who fail, is that the ones that succeed focus on putting systems, or processes, or habits in place to ensure that they keep going, keep creating what they want, keep making incremental progress towards what they want. Both successful and unsuccessful people have aspirational and inspiring goals. I think this is the essence of Clear’s message. You don’t rise to the level of your goals. To answer this question, I would like to share the most valuable lessons I’ve learnt from James Clear and his beautiful book Atomic Habits. So, what determines whether we stick with a new habit long enough to survive the plateau of latent potential and break through to the other side? What is it that allows some of us to slide back into old bad habits, and allows others to break through and enjoy the compounding effects of cultivating good habits? Habits always have rewards imbedded in them. And it’s usually because we get some sort of pay-off from the habit. Cultivating new habits that are more serving of who we would like to become, can be just as hard, if not harder – especially when they come in conflict with some of our bad habits… Sometimes, even when we know something is no longer serving us, we have difficulty letting go of the habit. For example, being a non-smoker, or a smoker, being vegetarian, being a runner, or someone who likes routine, being an anxious person, or someone who questions everything, etc.Īnd as all of us can attest, breaking bad habits that don’t serve us anymore is sometimes really hard. Some habits have been part of our life for so long that they are part of our identity. We simply think of them as how we are, or who we are. Let’s be clear, we are creatures of habits, and our habits often become so ingrained that we don’t even see our habits as habits. As soon as the novelty of the new year wears off, most of us fall back into our old behaviour patterns and forget how we promised ourselves that this year will be different. However, so often people don’t follow through on those initial new year’s resolutions. As I mentioned in my blog post about Creating Your Year with Intention and Focus, the start of a new year is usually a time to set goals and to commit anew to the person you want to become.
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