Why We Need to Enroll our Environment in any Change Intent

Marshall Goldsmith, well-known coach, writes in his last book ‘Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last‘: “Our behavior is shaped, both positively and negatively, by our environment— and a keen appreciation of our environment can dramatically lift not only our motivation, ability, and understanding of the change process, but also our confidence that we can actually do it

change_environmentThe core theme is that it is quite difficult, even impossible, to change anything without taking into account our environment, and in particular our social environment. It will require to inform them that we intend to change; and even to draw the people around us to participate actively to our change. That is in particular the case when they are affected and easier if they support the change.

Because without changing our environment, most of our change efforts are doomed. Everyone must recognize that you intend to change, and that you are changing.

If you intend to introduce a substantial behavioral change in your life, make sure to involve the people around you, up to having them play specific roles!

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