CHANGE YOUR THINKING CHANGE YOUR LIFE
you get from someone else can change the direction of your life.
■ A FOOLISH CONSISTENCY
The second major factor that holds people back is homeostasis. This
is defined as a “striving for constancy.” It is a deep desire to remain
consistent with what you have done and said in the past. Ralph
Waldo Emerson wrote in his essay “Self-Reliance,” “A foolish con-
sistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
He was referring to the natural tendency of individuals to try to
remain consistent with previous opinions and behaviors. This form
of rigidity blocks off almost all possibilities for growth in the future.
To resist the tendency toward homeostasis, you should be willing to
abandon your old ideas when someone can prove that there are
newer, better ideas available.
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