Real Change is a(n):

• Mindset shift.

• Endeavor.

• Effort.

• Long-game.

• Difficult conversation.

• Empathetic ear.

• Opportunity to see yourself.

• Opportunity to see others.

• Open-Minded experience.

• Uncomfortable situation.

You can do all of the "self-help" you want to do. Buy all of the productivity journals. Tell yourself and others that "you'll change." But it's not easy. It's all uncomfortable.  

We're not made to embrace things that are not comfortable.
We want to do what's easiest. Quickest.
Out of sight, out of mind. We avoid.  

If you want to change or want to help others change, you'll need to do the hard, generous, and consistent work required.

There are no shortcuts.

And it's worth it.