How ready are you to make a change? Dr. James Prochaska, a phycologist developed a cycle of readiness to change, where each stage requires different strategies or tools. Making the necessary changes to have a positive impact involves going through each of the stages but not necessarily in a linear pattern.

Understanding where you on the readiness to change continuum is important especially when goal setting. If you set goals you are not ready to master, you set yourself up for failure and on the flip side of that, if you set goals you already mastered you can delay success. However if you match your goals to your stage of change, you will maximize your ability to change!