In order to change habits, you need to change how you think about yourself
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Are Habits Overhyped Here’s What Really Works…
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“Are Habits Overhyped? Here’s What Really Works”
“Habits vs. Routines – There is a Difference”
“So what are habits, really?”
“…habit works by generating an impulse to do a behavior with little or no conscious thought.” Habits are simply how the brain learns to do things without deliberation. These impulses can be put to good use, but only certain behaviors can become habits.
“Building a habit is relatively simple — just harness the impulse. For new habits to take hold, provide a clear trigger, make the behavior easy to do, and ensure it occurs frequently. For example, by completely removing unhealthy food from my home and eating the same thing every morning, my diet became a healthy habit. I extracted the decision making process out of what I eat at home.
“However, if the behavior requires a high degree of intentionality, effort, or deliberation, it is not a habit. Although proponents of habits tout them as miracle cures for doing things we’d rather not do, I’m sorry to say that’s snake oil. All sorts of tasks aren’t habits and never will be. By definition, doing things that are effortful aren’t habits.
“… A routine is a series of behaviors regularly practiced. Routines don’t care if you feel an urge or not, they just need to get done.”
http://www.nirandfar.com/2016/01/habits-overhyped-heres-really-works.html
Diets don’t work tomorrow But every diet…
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“Diets don’t work tomorrow. But every diet works.
Habits don’t change in a day. But 1% a day makes every habit work. Every.
The reason is: they work if you do a little each day. If you relax and give yourself permission to only improve a little each day, then a good habit works.
It’s permission to improve. It’s also permission to fail. Because when you first start something, you’re on day one.
If you want to succeed at anything, you have to give yourself permission to fail twice as much as you thought you would.”
“Improve a little each day. It compounds. When 1% compounds every day, it doubles every 72 days, not every 100 days. Compounding tiny excellence is what creates big excellence.
You can’t be a master in one day. You have to improve a little every day.
Picasso created 2 works of art a day. That’s 50,000 in a lifetime. It adds up.”
“Actions are outside of the head or body. Take 1% action per day. …”
“…It doesn’t happen in one day. There are no goals. There’s only practice. Practice never makes perfect. Practice makes happy. Practice makes habits.”
https://medium.com/life-learning/the-1-rule-for-creating-all-habits-53aa3f10bc5d