How frustrating is it to get your patients to keep exercising?

Or to commit yourself to spending two disciplined hours a night doing research for your new business instead of goofing off surfing and shopping on the Web?

Until now, we've had the easy excuse that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But neuroscience is proving us wrong.

In a nifty article from ImprovedLives blog, titled What Neuroplasticity can Teach Us About Personal Growth, we learn the following:

"Neuroplasticity is quite simply the thing that makes personal growth possible. We talk about making changes in our lives and evolving into better versions of ourselves but neuroplasticity is the thing that actually makes it happen. And the most interesting part is that it only works if you put consistent effort into it. Your brain will only rewire itself, or in other words you will only achieve personal growth, if you put consistent effort into it."

While I have known about and been intrigued by neuroplasticity for some time (it the gas the fuels the results of coaching over the long haul), this article reminds me why of the few traits successful folks seem to have in common is persistence.

Intuitively, these go-getters must have realized that their tenacious efforts were actually rewiring their plastic brains!