How To Get Yourself to Accomplish Any Goal

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I love self-help books. Looking at my Goodreads bookshelf, I’ve listed 115 of books I’ve read under the genre self-help. Here are a few I’ve read recently just to give you an idea:

• Write that Memoir Right Now
• Healthy Habits Suck: How to Get off the Couch and Live a Healthy Life… Even If You Don’t Want To
• 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
• Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
• Mind Hacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days
• Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life
• Best Self: Be You, Only Better

Even when I read (or listen to) books about changing habits, finding motivation and “Finding Your ‘Why,’” I always think, “Yeah, totally!” and then never do anything. Why do I even bother reading all these books? I don’t know. I already know what works for me.

For Example

In March, I signed up for a wellness jump-start program. Normally the price was $99 a WEEK (no joke), but the woman running the program let me participate on a…