Everyone wants to change or improve at least one thing in his or her life. And with so many products and services to choose from, how do you know which is best? The first thing you need to decide is if you are seeking a temporary quick fix or a permanent solution for your desired change. If you want your change to be permanent then you are going to need to determine if the product or service that you are considering is going to do it for you.
So how do you determine if something is only temporary? If you need to continuously consume a product or perform a certain action in order to obtain results, then that product or service is considered a temporary fix. Although it may mask your issue, the reality is that will never permanently change anything because it is only going to temporarily work for as long as you use it.
So what if you are unsure about a particular product or service? As a consumer who is considering investing money in a product or service, you have the right to ask questions! For example call that gym or workout center and ask them if you have to continue to use their service in order to achieve a lifetime of weight loss results. Or call that food program maker and ask if you would regain weight after stopping the use of their program. Or call the stop smoking Patch Company or stop smoking pill maker and ask them what will happen if you suddenly stop using their product.
If the example merchants above insinuate that you have to continue with their product or service in order to achieve permanent results then you need to continue shopping for something else.
Now, the reason for this article is cut through all the smoke and mirrors. Unfortunately many people often get confused when seeking help for certain issues and they are often mislead by advertisers. When we decide to change our lives we often envision scenes of living the ending result of our new lifestyle while completely ignoring the step process involved in getting to the ending result in the first place.
Advertisers realize this. For example let’s take a look at television commercials for trade schools and colleges. They focus the attention of their commercial on showing people playing ball with their kids, taking walks in the park, playing volleyball on the beach with their buddies or just simply enjoying life. They don’t show all hard work involved in attending school. From hectic school schedules and late night studying to exams, time consuming school projects and let’s not forget the cost. Unless you have a giant bankroll, student loans are nice but they will need to be paid back afterwards.
They instead they focus on the emotional happy ending result (those happy smiling faces enjoying life), the same one you are envisioning in your own mind. The desired message they want to convey is if you attend their school, you too will have more time to play ball with your kids or take strolling beach walks with your spouse. Use our service and you will be happy in life. If they show you that and you are already seeing that in your mind, they just made a connection with you and now you are hooked.
The same goes for self-help items like stop smoking aids and weight loss gimmicks. 97.8% of people who suffer with weight problems actually have eating disorders. So, although that diet pill company website is most likely going to sport pictures of slender people, it is important to understand that for most people, that item is going to fail because the reality is that it does nothing to fix the eating disorder. But again all we see is that popping that pill will make us thin like the person on the website.
So in closing…before you consider using or buying any product or service you should fist determine what your true goals are. And secondly, find out if the product or service you are considering is going to accomplish these goals for you. Remember that diet pill or food program might be perfect if you are looking to drop a few quick pounds for an up coming family event or gathering. On the other hand, unless you plan on eating those meals or popping those diet pills forever, they will not be best for someone who is struggling with weight issues and looking for a lifetime of long term weight loss results.
The only thing that makes failing worse, is spending a bunch of money on something that was never intended to work like you thought it was going to in the first place.