R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"Don't seek reassurance, seek change."
From "You, Inc." - by Harry & Christine Beckwith

I was at the bookstore the other night doing some research about creative ways to make seminars more helpful, and I came across this great little book called, "You, Inc." It's a business book, but it has very down-to-earth, straightforward suggestions not only about business but about life. One entry is called "Seek Change." In making the point about how to improve your life, the authors mentioned that there will be more than 300 new books printed this year about losing weight, and yet Americans as a whole are more overweight than they have ever been. What's the problem? People get a new book about losing weight and they think, this is the same old, same old. The trouble is, there are only a few ways you can say "Eat less. Exercise more." The problem is in not doing the things we know we should to make our lives better. Sometimes in writing this blog, I often wonder if you think, "She said that before. She keeps saying that." But the truth is, whether I'm trying to find better ways to do my Boot Camps or you're trying to find better ways to move forward from your midlife divorce, no words are going to help unless we DO something to change. Just reading about how to change won't help. Just hearing advice, won't help. We have to change how we act. In the authors' chapter, "Seek Change," they say, "Read this book, then act differently. Focus on a page a day. An idea a day. Act on it." When you read some good advice, don't just say, "That's great advice!" Do something with it. Change.

"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
James 1:22 (NIV)