‘Try’ is a very weak word. Just ask any coach or personal trainer. They’ll both tell you that you won’t get very far by just trying. You have to commit. Without a totally committed level of thinking, it becomes very difficult to be successful. The same goes for quitting smoking.

Whether it is using the ‘try’ word when convincing yourself to quit or when talking to your friends and family, I have to warn you, don’t do it. You are doing yourself a disservice and potentially setting yourself up for failure.

Let me give you an example. My wife has a fear of roller coasters and fast rides. I know she doesn’t haven’t a fear or heights or a fear of going at the speeds the coasters go, but for some reason I have not yet been able to determine, she doesn’t like roller coasters.

And on any occasion when I or my son have been able to coerce her into standing in the line with us with the utmost belief that this time she is going, she always says ‘I’ll try.’ But wouldn’t you know it, by the time we reach the head of the line she has extricated herself to a position of safety, opting instead to wait for us at the end.

So what gives her a way out? The word ‘try’ of course. Trying isn’t like promising or really committing to something. It’s more like a convenience. And saying you’ll try isn’t going to work when quitting smoking because whether you realize it or not, you’ve probably set yourself up for failure because now you’ve allowed yourself a way out.

Track down all the smokers you know who have attempted to quit and I think you’ll be surprised to find that most of them will say that they ‘tried’. And not only that if you ask if they have further plans to quit, you’ll hear ‘Oh sure, I’ll try again.’

So let’s try a different approach. Develop a policy such as this for your quit smoking efforts. ‘I will quit no matter what. I believe I have the fortitude to achieve my goal. Nothing will stop me from reaching it.’ Make a powerful statement like that to yourself and believe it and your success is guaranteed.

Write your commitment down - everywhere. Carry it in your purse or wallet; your coat pocket; in your car; your bathroom or anywhere else you will see it to remind yourself the reasons why you want to quit smoking. Refer to these commitments often - it will make your efforts that much more solid.

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