Another spin on why we don't succeed...

Mike - good point about changing the structure to one superior to the one that's holding you back.

I recently did just that, although didn't realize it until the posts here on Robert Fritz.

I'd been trying to lose weight (beer belly, actually:-)) for a long time, but continually oscillated between eating right, exercising and cutting out alcohol on the one side, and going to happy hour with my friends at an Irish pub and hoisting a few pints of Guinness on the other side. A frustrating structure with false concepts, etc., on both sides of the rubber bands.

Then I found out that I'm allergic to something in beer that makes some nerve damage in my ear worse, and makes me subject to vertigo. Immediately, without a look back, my structure changed to a different level and I've cut out beer entirely without difficulty. And, my waist is receding! Superior structure = superior results.

Robert Fritz's conceptual framework, like Gordon's SQ1, has enabled me to reconstruct what I've accomplished in the above example, and encouraged me to examine other areas for change, like Chris above and Dien in his PhD example below.

Thanks again for the references and starting this thread.

Bob