3 Steps To Habit Change
‘Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now.’ — Jonatan Mårtensson
Motivation is a limited resource.
Far too many people rely on it to achieve goals when they should be focusing on productive habits instead. Rolling your eyes already?
What if I’d tell you that 40% of what you do every day happens on auto-pilot, thanks to your… habits?
You don’t need to trust me on this one, but you can trust the researchers at Duke University? If you do, that’s what they claim in “Habits — A Repeat Performance”.
Habits are small things you do without even thinking. They are actions, and like any other action, they can take you in a good or a bad direction.
I believe it was Aristotle who said that “we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” (Actually NO, as Andrew Everett was so kind to correct, this quote belongs to Will Durant!)
Now, you may be guilty of the Netflix binge-watching habit. Or you could be that weirdo who gulps a green smoothie first thing in the morning. Habits. Bad or good.
Do you know what makes them so impactful and why it’s so easy to stick to them?
