Have you ever failed?  I sure have.  For years, I dipped tobacco.  I started when I was in 8^th grade because it was the “cool” thing to do.  I attempted to stop dipping at least 20 times over the years until I was able to finally kick the habit.  In pondering why I had failed so many times, it occurred to me that the reason was mostly due to my lack of commitment to the process of quitting.  To be certain, I had all of the usual excuses – stress, timing, peer pressure, etc.  At some level, I saw myself as a dipper.  Now it is clear that my lack of commitment & limited field of view were my downfall.  Stress is an excuse that we all love to latch onto.  From my own experience kicking the tobacco habit, I quit the day I left Michigan to move down to South Carolina with my wife to start a business.  It was incredibly stressful but I was committed to changing my life and that made all the difference.

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