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Change Your Life With the Ebenezer Effect

Ebenezer Scrooge might be the most important character of our lives. Once we really sit down and examine our lives, we understand how we view ourselves, and are viewed by others, when it comes to life and our personal goals. Writing a eulogy, though provoking a creepy feeling and thoughts of dread, could be the way to reflect on what we truly desire in life. And Matthew Cossolotto can tell us how to do it.

`Remember. The eulogy you write today isn`t etched in stone like Scrooge`s name on that tombstone,` Cossolotto says. `You can always go back to the document periodically and make some edits, add new goals or even remove things that no longer apply. The key is to get something on paper that reflects your long-term goals, heartfelt values, and deepest principles. Those things shouldn`t change very much over time. Basically, the written eulogy is a mission statement for your life designed intentionally to get and keep your attention over time. It`s a great motivator. It reminds you about what`s most important to you and sets your life`s course in the direction you want it to take?before it`s too late!`

Taking a lesson from Scrooge, we all have the ability to write our own eulogy and harness what Matthew Cossolotto, author of HabitForce!, calls `The Ebenezer Effect`. He urges those who want to jumpstart and sustain positive change in their lives to begin by establishing a clear blueprint for what they want to accomplish in their lives, what kind of person they aspire to be, and how they want people to remember them.