We're just a few days into the new year and for many folks, their well-intended resolutions (we've decided to call them goals) are already on the path to failure.
The scary part is that they have no idea. For now everything seems right on track. The diet's going well. They've made it to the gym four of the past five days. What ever your resolution. You're taking proactive steps. What they haven't been tracking is the "creep." "Creep" is a word used in the consulting field when the original scope of the project is slowly and subtly increased. It happens benignly enough but before it's too late to change course, the new changes are locked in.
The danger of the "creep" is that it starts so innocently and changes our thinking from "no way" to "it's OK, just this once." From "scope creep" in a project to "brass creep" at the Pentagon, no one and no thing is immune to it.
This week, take another look at your goal and look for potential opportunities to "creep." Make yourself aware so you can avoid those situations. Don't let your progress for this year get sidetracked from the beginning!
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