The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University

Tips on increasing the probability of molding one’s reality• Know where you want to go. Have a goal.• Be specific. Draw up your blueprints. Remember the old joke about theperson who always wanted “to be somebody.” It wasn’t until he was inhis 40’s that he realized that it might have been helpful to be morespecific.• Don’t neglect the building blocks: Your thoughts and actions. Goals andblueprints lead to nothing unless you begin putting one brick on top ofanother.• Remember that gradual change requires less effort and has a higherlikelihood of succeeding than quick change: If you want to save $1000 ina year, saving $83 per month is a lot easier than waiting until the end ofthe year and trying to scrape together the entire $1000. Similarly, if youwant to eventually have a healthier personal reality, molding yourthoughts and actions throughout your day is easier than making a majorlife change all of a sudden.HMOR.July2005.Muñoz.doc 72