What if I told you that there’s a person out there who willfully wants to slow you down and even downright sabotage you? What if I told you that this person may get all excited about your plans to change your life and turn things around for the better? What if I told you that this person initially encourages you and even is your biggest cheerleader at first?

However, as the days go by, this person shows his or her true colors. This person ends up sabotaging you. It’s not obvious at first. It starts out very small. In fact, it starts out almost looking like it’s innocent but, before you know it, you have a tough time making the hard decisions that you need to turn your life around and achieve the kind of changes you know you need to do.

Sounds like a very evil person, right? This person is very familiar. In fact, this person is very close to you. Unfortunately, regardless of his or her intimacy with your desires and who you aspire to become, this person has one objective. This person wants to slow you down and eventually sabotage whatever progress you have so you end up where you began. This individual will not stop at anything until you end up where you began. That’s the whole point of this person’s agenda.

Who is this person? This person signs his or her name this way: Y-O-U. I know that comes as a shock because, after all, you’re probably struggling with something in your life. Maybe it’s your weight. Perhaps it’s your career. Possibly, it’s your relationship. Maybe it’s your mindset, your fears, or your phobias. Perhaps it’s your relationship with success.

Whatever it is that you are struggling with, maybe in the present or maybe it’s in the past, life is a struggle and this person will continue to make it a struggle. This person is you. Why? We’re all creatures of habit. As unacceptable as certain areas of your life may be and as frustrated and stuck as you know you are, deep down inside, a part of you just wants to hang on. A part of you just doesn’t want to change.

I know that sounds crazy. Who doesn’t want to be healthier? Who doesn’t want to be happier? Who doesn’t want to make more money? Who doesn’t want more financial independence? Who doesn’t want the very best life has to offer?

However, there is this part of you that just wants to sabotage you because it is hell-bent on the present. It is stuck on the present. It is obsessed with keeping the things the way they are.

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This simple process enables you to live a life of purpose that continues to scale up with each passing day so you end up making the changes you want. This is not an easy process but with the right framework, you will get there sooner rather than later.