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“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Clearly, what gets the most attention in our media driven world are the effects. The causes are rarely covered, as they are not as sensational and don’t get the rankings.

Media is just one cause in our world of the focus on effects by most unsuccessful people. People want the effect, and they want it now. They don’t want to wait, they don’t want to analyze, they don’t want to accept responsibilities, they just want the effect.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of weight-loss and dieting. People don’t want to look at the underlying cause of their problem of being overweight. They don’t want to stop eating bad foods. They don’t want to exercise. They don’t want to accept responsibility that they are actually the cause of this problem.

They just want the pill.

They just want to quickly treat the effect and get results. Now!! They go on new diet every other week. They gorge down pills. They starve themselves. They get surgeries. They’ll do almost anything but look at the real causes of their problem.
The real cause of being overweight is their thoughts; their thoughts about food, exercise, and their body image. Change these thoughts once and you’ll have a lifelong solution fix to the effect.

What to do?

Examine your life and see where you are stuck or are not getting the results that you want. Now trace back the effects to all of the causes. Sometimes you’ll come across only one cause, sometimes its many causes. Make changes to these causes and watch the effects take care of themselves.