The Secret Power of Rituals

Most of us have a general idea of our aspirations and what we must do to achieve them.

The difficulty, of course, is in the execution.

We also have a very human weakness of over-reaching for our short term goals and under-reaching our long-term goals.

This often results in us, say, planning to run five miles a day starting tomorrow!!!

We may start well but within a week we find ourselves not running at all.

Few of us have the iron-willed discipline to follow through on great achievements without failing. And even those that do, often started small.

The answer is in the power of rituals!

Whilst its etymology is linked to many ancient faiths, for the purposes of this article, rituals refer to the daily or weekly actions we undertake consistently.

Over time, they become habits, form character and even personality.

Rituals are not new.

We already practice quite a few - like brushing our teeth, putting on our make-up, the way we have our breakfast (…or not), certain things we habitually do during th…