I was fascinated by Dr Angus Pyke’s idea about focusing on your ‘bright spots’.

It goes a little like this.  How many times have you told yourself you’re going to change something in your life – exercise more or give up smoking – but you just can’t seem to make it happen? Dr Angus Pyke says it can be as simple as focusing on your ‘bright spots’! Bright Spots are times in the past when things worked for you. Seeing even a small glimmer of past success can be helpful at laying a blueprint for future success. Dr Angus Pyke explains how to make our bright spots work .

Bright Spots, Looking at What Works.  Read more at:  www.whatactuallyworks.com.au

The one certainty that comes from any form of behaviour change is that there will be failure, temptation and challenge. How we deal with this will be pivotal in determining the long term success of the change process.

Although there are certain pillars of behaviour change that are the same for all of us – we have to acknowledge that what works for one individual may not work for another.

Bright spots was a term first coined by social researches Dan and Chip Health. Bright spots are about asking the simple and profound question “what’s working, and how can we do more of it? Too often when we come up against challenges we tend to be more problem focused; “What’s broken and how do we fix it?

Bright spots assumes that we are naturally creative, resourceful and the best judge at knowing what works for us.

Recognizing our bright spots is all about looking at times in the past when things worked for you.

We have all had moments where we have had successfully made changes – even if was just for a few hours. Looking back at what worked provides a road map that gives us direction moving forwards.