“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” -Tony Robbins
That
quote if you never heard it before is very illuminating. People often
do the same thing over and over again, and they mistakenly believe
they'll get something different. It's akin to writing the wrong address
on the envelope every time and continuing to get "return to sender" and
not understanding why. It's also like math 1 + 1 = 2
Why
do we keep doing the same things over and over and expecting a
different outcome? Because it's comfortable. We know how to do it. We
avoid change. Trying something new though will give you a different
outcome -- and the outcome is unknown. Maybe that's why people don't
try. They don't know what to expect.
Using
the my "millimeter" system of one little change at a time makes doing
that one thing different not quite some scary. A small change a day or
even a week is like an experiment. It gives you room to slowly watch and
see what the different outcomes could be. Does that scare you? Doing
something small vs. big or even huge gives you room to see what it could be like if you do it differently. Why not start today with just one small change -- and get that first different outcome.
