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The Follow Through: Design Your 2026 — Systems That Make Resolutions Stick

Where We Are — A Small Moment, A Big Truth

Studies from Duke reveal that 45% of your daily behavior is habit-driven, not intentional. So when Oxford researchers found that even highly motivated people struggle to sustain change, the reason was clear: there’s often a deep misalignment between who we want to become and the identity our current system is still protecting.

This is why meaningful goals can fade even when the desire is real. Most of us are trying to build a new future using an operating system designed for a past version of ourselves — one shaped by old rhythms, familiar coping patterns, and invisible rules about what’s “normal” or “safe.” And unless that system evolves, it quietly steers us back to what it knows.

Psychologist Robert Kegan describes this through the lens of hidden commitments — the unconscious agreements we hold that keep us loyal to who we’ve been, even while longing to grow. Real change doesn’t begin with pushing harder; it begins with understanding the system running beneath our intentions.

What Patterns Reveal — A More Honest Look at Systems

One thing I’ve seen repeatedly — in research, in coaching, and in lived experience — is that systems show themselves through patterns, not intentions. If you trace any recurring outcome, there’s a rhythm behind it:

The way you start your mornings.
The tasks you delay.
The transitions that drain you.
The choices that feel effortless.
The moments where motivation disappears without warning.

These patterns aren’t flaws — they’re data. They quietly reveal the architecture of your current system: what it prioritizes, what it protects, and what it believes is possible. And when you start observing these patterns without judgment, something softens. You stop fighting yourself and start understanding yourself.

Awareness becomes a form of redesign.
And redesign becomes a way of stepping into a new identity — one choice, one pattern, one shift at a time.

Reflection:

(You don’t have to have a full answer — sometimes awareness begins with simply naming it. If you’d like, reply and share what you notice. I read each one personally.)

Curiosity Corner

“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.” — W. Edwards Deming

Micro-experiment: For one day, observe one recurring pattern without trying to fix it. Notice what it reveals about the system you’re currently living inside.

Lens to explore: Kegan & Lahey’s Immunity to Change, a powerful framework for understanding why old systems resist new goals, even when the intention feels clear.

An Open Door — Not a Pitch

As the year winds down, many people feel a quiet pull to realign with what matters. If you sense that 2026 is asking for a different kind of support or structure, I’m here for that conversation.
Not as pressure, not as persuasion — simply as an open door.

If you’d like to explore what working together could look like, reply with “Let’s talk” or "Book a Free Clarity Call."​

We’ll take it from there, at your pace.

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​Warmly,​
​Advit Tiple​
​Productivity & Accountability Life Coach​
​ProEdge Life Coaching​

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