Why is it that only one in seven heart transplant patients can make a change in their lifestyle despite being told they will die if they continue with their present habits? Remarkably, we find it difficult to change even when facing the possibility of death! This inability to change has everything to do with a competing commitment. We say we want one thing yet we are actually committed to something else. This creates an immunity system that, left unexamined and explored, can make it almost impossible to change.