Instead, she recommends, focus on the motivations that you know have already worked for you before.
"A lot of times when people want to make a change, they want to make or break a habit," Rubin tells CNBC Make It.
"They want to do something because it worked for a good friend of theirs or they read an article about [it].
The trick, in other words, is figuring out what motivates you and applying it to a wide variety of situations.
"The people who are the most successful are the ones who have figured out what they need to achieve their aims," says Rubin.
Persons:
Gretchen Rubin, Rubin, you've, —, they're, Warren Buffett
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