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Transformational change in your life is possible. It just involves a process of knowing what to do and doing it.

I want to offer you some steps on how to do it. Try it in your life and see how it works for you.

You might be surprised how much you’re able to make things change for the better. Here are 5 steps to transformational change in 2020.

5 Steps That Will Help You Make Transformational Change

1. Decide what transformational change you want

The first step to changing things is knowing what you want to change. It may be clear to you instantly, or it might take you a little time to reflect.

I’ll give you an example from my own life. One thing I’ve struggled with at times in life is discipline.

I don’t always do what I need to do as soon as possible. I decided I wanted to be more disciplined in life.

What do you want more of in life?

Do you want to be more healthy, more outgoing, more successful in business? Take a few moments or longer to think about that.

Once you’ve decided what you want your change to be, you’re ready for the next step.

2. Research how to make that change

When you’ve decided on what change you want, then you need to know how to make it happen. That requires research.

When I realized I wanted to be more disciplined in life, I started to look up ways on how to do it. Believe it or not, that’s a step we often neglect.

There were many times I wanted to establish more discipline in my life, but it took a while until I decided to research how to do it. You’re likely not the first person who’s tried to change what you want to change

It’s important to seek out the knowledge and experience that other people have to offer. I know there’s a lot out there on the internet for you to look through.

Here’s what can help you narrow it down. Look for researched backed studies or proven methods.

I found researched backed studies on maintaining discipline, and they actually helped me. Find something that’s been researched and proven to work.

Write it down, and then use that information for this next step.

3. Plan how you’ll do it

Now that you’ve decided what you want and you’ve got your research, it’s time to plan. As the old saying goes, failure to plan equals planning to fail.

I find it helpful to set up a schedule for what I’m going to do each day. That way I’m not just doing anything and hoping something works.

Think about people who are in good shape. They have a plan for how often they’ll exercise, when they’re going to exercise, what foods they’ll eat, and so on.

A structured approach leads to building a structure of success. I took the facts from my research on discipline and decided which ones I was going to try to use each day to help me stay disciplined.

With having them written down, I could go back to it throughout my day to remember what to do. Do the same thing for your strategy of change.

4. Get started

All the research and planning in the world doesn’t matter if you don’t actually do it. You have to go ahead and take the actions necessary to bring about the change you want.

There are ways you can motivate yourself to act. From a reward system to intrinsic motivation, there are numerous research-proven ideas that you can use to help get you to do what you want to do.

I’m intrinsically motivated to be more disciplined because I like the idea of seeing myself reach my greatest potential. I reward myself with my usual distractions and breaks when I feel I’ve done a good amount of work.

You know yourself better than just about anyone else. Discover your own intrinsic motivation for why you want the changes you want.

Find the joy and meaning in the change you want to make. Give yourself rewards for working hard at getting what you want.

These things will help you get started.

5. Stay consistent

Starting is one thing, staying committed is another. We’re all familiar with people who start something on the 1st of January and then quit by February.

Change isn’t a one-time thing. It’s an all the time thing.

You have to keep it to get it and keep at it to keep it. Achieving your goals and desires is a constant journey of work, but also a journey of rewards too.

It’s a give and take. You work for something, and then you get rewarded. You stop working for something, you stop getting rewards.

As a result, you stop experiencing that change. I could count too many examples in my own life.

Stopped working out, got out of shape. Stopped studying something, got rusty in my knowledge.

All you have to do is keep working and eventually something works out. The odds are increasingly in your favor with each day you keep knocking on that door of change.

Then eventually one day, that door opens, and you get the satisfaction you wanted that’ll stay with you for a while. Then we decide we want something new or more, and we work for the next big change in life.

Bonus step

The last step I want to leave you with is simple. Keep believing.

You really can’t expect anything to get better if you don’t believe it’ll get better. There is something to the idea of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Research has proven that when we believe that fortunate things can happen for us, we’re more aware of the opportunities that can make it happen. I repeat positive affirmations in my mind almost every single day.

I visualize the good things I want to see in the future. These are all ways you can be firm in your belief that you can get the change you want.

Follow this approach to creating a change that’s transformational and see how it helps you get closer to the life you want. You’re more than welcome to share how these steps have helped you in the comments.

I look forward to hearing all your stories of success.

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