{"id":160,"date":"2011-06-03T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T07:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/?p=160"},"modified":"2011-06-03T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T07:32:07","slug":"don%e2%80%99t-get-lost-in-self-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/don%e2%80%99t-get-lost-in-self-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Get Lost In Self Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n<!-- Post[count: 1] -->\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"float:right;margin:12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8279754544979895\";\r\n\/* self improve3 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2464079329\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n\n<p>Do you read a lot of <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>self help books<\/a>?  Because many people that I know are forever reading, always learning, endlessly searching, Unfortunately, however, it is not reading that changes your life, but doing.<\/p>\n<p>Constantly reading self help books is not dissimilar to collecting loads of holiday brochures and travel guides about an exotic destination that you long to visit.  You\u2019ve poured over photographs, read the advice, imagined what it would be like to be there, immersed yourself in the idea of being there.  However, you\u2019ll never pluck up the courage to buy the ticket.  What\u2019s my point?  Reading about how to achieve <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>the life that you really want<\/a> and doing something about it are two entirely different things.  Reading all those feel-good stories about how others have taken the required action and, as a consequence, changed their lives, may well give you that longing feeling inside.  But tomorrow morning, when you drag yourself out of bed for another normal day, what will have changed?  Nothing!  When you\u2019re confronted with another day of hassle, stress, financial shortage or low self-confidence, what good will all the books have done you?  If anything, you\u2019ll be even more restless and more dissatisfied than you were in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Reading, understanding and intellectually appreciating what it takes to change your life is going to make no difference to your life until you put what you\u2019ve learned into daily practice.  And that\u2019s just too big a hassle for most normal people \u2013 they\u2019re fearful of taking what they believe as some really risky leap of faith.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been lucky enough to come across a self help book that has step-by-step tips on how to change your life (and there aren\u2019t many of them \u2013 most of them are \u2018feel-good books\u2019) then surely you\u2019ve realized by now that there is no leap of faith required.  All you need to take is take  simple steps, every day,  that will awaken you from the stupor in which most normal people are merely existing.  <\/p>\n<p>To change your life, you have to change the way you\u2019re living the life that you have at present.   Change can start small \u2013 by doing something as simple as changing your morning routine \u2013 because small things get your subconscious mind out of its comfort zone.  Once out you will start to understand that every single thing in your life can be done differently.  When this realization hits you, you will find yourself in a completely different place \u2013 where things that were otherwise unthinkable suddenly become the logical thing to do \u2013 and easily doable.  <\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s you who has to start doing the things that will <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>change your life<\/a>, to stop reading and start doing.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwisdomhealthprosperity.com%2Fselfimprovementmastery%2Fdon%25e2%2580%2599t-get-lost-in-self-improvement%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_256_24.png\" width=\"256\" height=\"24\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nvar a2a_config = a2a_config || {};\na2a_config.linkname=\"Don\u2019t Get Lost In Self Improvement\";\na2a_config.linkurl=\"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/don%e2%80%99t-get-lost-in-self-improvement\/\";\na2a_config.onclick=1;\na2a_config.show_title=1;\n\/\/--><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.addtoany.com\/menu\/page.js\"><\/script>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you read a lot of self help books? 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