Are you Winning? Evaluation part 1 of 3
Evaluation is the process used to study how these efforts have enabled you to achieve the desired goal. To evaluate we must measure.
Asking family for help: Pitfalls
They could be jealous at their loved one’s success or fed up with what they regard as another yo-yo diet fad which disrupts their life.
Asking family for help: Gameplan
From the starting point of great love can come a tyrannical menu plan with greater pressure than you had planned for.
Asking other people for help: Pitfalls
Writer Robert Brault defines an optimist as "someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disas
Asking other people for help: Gameplan
While it’s possible you may find they're fascinated by this process of change, it’s more likely that their eyes will glaze over once you
Habit Loops: making change automatic
Cue, action and reward means when you see X, you do Y and you get Z. You respond to the cue and your habit formation does the rest.
Can other people help me change? Week four of four: control and support.
Your aim is to reach the long term maintenance phase of habit change with little or no fear of relapse. The race will be won by the tortoise
Can other people help me change? Week two of four: company and support.
When choosing a diet or exercise buddy, don’t just ask your overweight mate to help on the basis that they could benefit from losing a few l
Why do we find it so hard to ask for help?
When we leverage the help of other people we’re making a public admission that we can’t do it alone.
Four ways you can organise change. Week four: As a game
To break your goals into a game, think in terms of levels. Each goal helps arm you with skills and knowledge you need to beat the big baddie
