1450: Started Over a Hundred Times? The 3 Checks Before Your Next Plan

The most helpful thing I ever told a client was to eat nine pieces of Halloween candy.

For weeks she’d promised herself “none,” and for weeks it hadn’t worked once. Nine worked right away. Less than 10 days later, she wasn’t eating the candy at all. In this episode, I break down why, and what makes the next plan different from the last hundred.

In this episode:

• Why the plan you know you should follow and the plan you’re willing to follow can be miles apart
• The question I use to find the version I’ll actually do, and the day I used it after butchering chickens, a sick babysitter and no food until 3 p.m.
• Why “I must not want it enough” is the wrong explanation
• How to tell whether an excuse is about this moment or part of a pattern
• The three checks to run before you start over again

Read the free written version on Substack: https://elizabethbentonthompson.substack.com/p/started-over-a-hundred-times-heres

If you want to go deeper:

• 3 Strategies for When You Know What to Do but Still Aren’t Doing It: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1340-3-strategies-for-when-you-know-what-to-do-but/id954984769?i=1000724349837
• How to Shut Down Excuses in the Moment, Even When They Feel True: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1337-how-to-shut-down-excuses-in-the-moment-even-when/id954984769?i=1000723192258
• Consistency Vault Part 2: Dial Down: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1378-consistency-vault-part-2-dial-down/id954984769?i=1000744777319

Follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@elizabethbentonthompson