Many of us already realised that the big part comes from
yourself. While most of those who attended have experienced some
short term influence, most just revert to their usual ways in life;
the way that we have been very used to seeing in. A person can only
change if he stop seeing in his usual perspective. And personal
perseverence and a deep desire must be there in order to change
those bad life habits that we have took years to build.
Many working adults especially at executive levels also have
attended expensive motivational courses. Get the feedback from this
people and you will find at least 90% thought they were useless but
yet thought what those speakers said were true. In fact, it is even
more difficult for adults than teenagers to change because a lot of
habits and social behaviour have already being deeply rooted.
However, there is a difference between those who attended and
those who have not! Those who have not attended do not know how to
change themselves but those who attended knows somewhat but just
lack that personal commitment.
The first time when I read the "Habits of Highly Effective
People" from Stephen Covey was about 10 years ago. But I didn't
think much about it until 3-4 yrs ago when I could relate them very
deeply in my work. I began to read the book again and have since
read it at least 5 times to remind myself of what he say and apply
them and even teach them to my wife, children and even my
subordinates.
Don't discard so fast what you have learned. Find reason in
yourself and ingrain these reasons in your head! Because those
reasons will keep that momentum strong and going for not just 1
month or 1 year but many many years.