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Have you been told what NOT to do.

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Someone gave me some parenting advice recently.

They told me what NOT to do.


Deciding to go along with that suggested idea (although in itself a good idea) left me with no strategy. They didn’t suggest what to do instead.


How often in life do we consider what we shouldn’t do, yet do not have a replacement strategy.


Remember, all behaviour either gives us something we want, fulfils a need, has an aim or a reward.


We may have behaviours which aren’t healthy and which we may wish to eliminate.

However we need a replacement strategy or behaviour- in order to still fulfil the need.

Otherwise it will not be sustainable.


So next time you wish to change a behaviour: Consider the long term.

Consider the replacement.


Lasting change is what we are after .


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