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CityViewNC.com | 29 will allow you to reach your goals sooner rather than later. She likens it to an airline pilot flying from New York to Los Angeles and altering his route by 1%, right or le, which could result in the plane landing in San Francisco or San Diego instead of Los Angeles. "People will go all in for two weeks, and it's not sustainable. en they beat themselves up, go into a cycle of shame, and then they give up," says Kennedy. Kennedy describes her book, "It's Happy Now," as a handbook for high achievers. Kennedy says her role in helping people lead happier lives addresses all aspects of life. "I help them in everything in achieving their goal, not just health. It also includes money and in their processing of emotions," she says. Creating a "good" habit, Kennedy says, oen takes at least six months to take hold. Kennedy cautions that "enablers" may undermine your goal — enticing you to eat food not on your healthy diet or to take part in activities that may sabotage reaching your goal. "You have to take ownership of your goal. It's always fun to blame other people for not achieving your goals," she says. Kennedy says marketers created the timeline for making resolutions at the start of a new year. e best time to start a self- improvement program, she advises, is now. "And you start with one small thing." Organization plan Pam Warren is not just showing off when she advises her customers how to tidy up their home. She's a pro at it through her company, Carolina, Let's Get Organized. Among her services are staging estate sales, for which she uses a textbook approach to organizing someone's lifetime of accumulations. Among Pam Warren's services are staging estate sales, for which she uses a textbook approach to organizing someone's lifetime of accumulations. Camy Kennedy works with people she refers to as high achievers, perfectionists, and "people pleasers" — those who have goals based on the wishes of someone else.

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