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I'm reading Heath & Heath's Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard and on pages 11-12 I hit a paragraph that really kicked me where I live:
"The bigger the change you're suggesting, the more it will sap people's self-control. And when people exhaust their self-control, what they're exhausting are the mental muscles needed to think creatively, to focus, to inhibit their impulses, and to persist in the face of frustration or failure. In other words, they're exhausting precisely the mental muscles needed to make a big change.... Change is hard because people wear themselves out. And that's the second surprise about change: What looks like laziness is often exhaustion."
( And I thought Wow - that is why I keep freaking out over dealing with the pantry )
"The bigger the change you're suggesting, the more it will sap people's self-control. And when people exhaust their self-control, what they're exhausting are the mental muscles needed to think creatively, to focus, to inhibit their impulses, and to persist in the face of frustration or failure. In other words, they're exhausting precisely the mental muscles needed to make a big change.... Change is hard because people wear themselves out. And that's the second surprise about change: What looks like laziness is often exhaustion."
( And I thought Wow - that is why I keep freaking out over dealing with the pantry )
