How Do You Actually Maintain the Gain?
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Most change doesn't fail on day one. It fails around day seventeen.
The first conversation goes great. Someone recognizes what's really going on, takes ownership of their part, and commits to a concrete action. And it works — for a while. Then life gets loud again, the old pattern feels easier, and slowly, without anyone deciding to quit, the gain disappears.
Dedication is the "D" in ROAD, and it might be the most overlooked of all four letters, because by the time you get here, the hard emotional work already feels done. It isn't.
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In Matthew 13, Jesus tells the parable of the sower — seed scattered on different kinds of ground. Some of it springs up quickly on rocky soil, looks promising, and then withers because it "has no root." That image has stuck with me for years, because it describes almost every failed New Year's resolution, every b...
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