The 30 day trial idea

I'm back on the idea of how to most effectively make changes in your life and a while ago came across a guy called Steve Pavlina. He has a very interesting web blog about personal development.

He has borrowed the 30 day trial concept from the old days of Shareware and used it to makes changes in his life.

I know from personal experience of working with clients that it often takes around 3 weeks to make a real change in a habit. Steve's approach is to say, try this new habit for 30 days and then see if you want to continue.

For many people the idea of making a life long change in their eating or exercise habits is just too daunting a jump and so they do nothing at all.

You can break that barrier to progress by trialling a change for just 30 days and then check at the end if it still feels right. Follow the link for Steve's article.

Try it for yourself and let me know how you get on.