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Change requires building new habits

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Lots of research indicates that most (more than 70%) of the change initiatives do not reach their intended outcomes. And because they do not produce the required results, we will launch new initiatives! This becomes an ongoing process, in which a lot of time and resources is wasted. What can de done? A starting point is to look at the inner perspectives of change. How does change work inside of us?  And what prevents change from happening? Here is a simple formula: Thinking ------>   Feelings   ------->   Actions ------>  Results This means that if I want different results, that I then have to change my thinking. Different thinking leads to different results. Sounds simple, right? Well, it isn’t that simple, because we are creatures of habits and these habits influence our thinking. Habits are thoughts which we have nurtured over time and which have become kind of embedded in our thinking. They are like the grooves in records. You reall