🌳 2 Reasons Your New Habits Fail

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2 REASONS YOUR NEW HABITS FAIL

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Between 81% and 92% of New Year's Resolutions fail.

This means at least 8 times out of 10, you are more likely to fall back into your old habits and patterns than you are to stick with a new behaviour.

Why is that? What are the biggest reasons new habits fail to stick? And what can we do to make positive changes easier?

Trying to Change Everything at Once.

When you get into the mindset of changing your life via habits, you tend to try and stack multiple habits on top of each other and this can work against you due to the fact that it’s hard to keep up with every habit change and stay consistent.

The general consensus among behaviour change researchers is that you should focus on changing a very small number of habits at the same time, that sweet spot being 3 habits at a time such as doing one pushup a day, reading 5 pages of a book, waking up slightly earlier etc.

This way you have consistency on your side which you can use to your advantage - so as a solution, pick a few minor things and do them very well!

Seeking a result, not a ritual.

Nearly every conversation about goals and resolutions is focused on some type of result. What do you want to achieve? How much weight do you want to lose? How much money do you want to save? How many books do you want to read? How much less do you want to drink?

Naturally, we are outcome focused because we want our new behaviours to deliver new results.

Here’s the problem: New goals don’t deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is not an outcome, it is a process. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better rituals, not chasing better results.

Rituals are what turn behaviours into habits and therefore as a solution, focus on the behaviour, not the outcome.

TAKEAWAYS:

Don’t try and change all your habits at once, pick a select few and become extremely good at them.

Focus on the behaviour, not the outcome of your habits.

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Consuming isn't a bad thing because understanding different perspectives is a crucial part of life.

What is bad is consuming with no Intention.