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🌳 Don't Get Rid Of Bad Habits, Counter Them
We are always taught to break bad habits. Go to sleep too late? Thats a bad habit, break it! But there are some habits that are hard-wired in us and almost counter-productive to put in the energy to try and break. It's psychologically more difficult to break a habit that you have had for most of your life than to develop a new one.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters."
In simple terms, it's the minor almost unnoticeable habits that create the big changes. Habits have a compound effect meaning with consistency & persistence you will achieve excellence.
HOW TO COUNTER BAD HABITS
Break bad habits!
We are always taught to break bad habits. Go to sleep too late? Thats a bad habit, break it!
But there are some habits that are hard-wired in us and almost counter-productive to put in the energy to try and break. It's psychologically more difficult to break a habit that you have had for most of your life than to develop a new one.
And so it only makes sense to play to the strengths of your mind. Develop a new habit that counters the bad one.
Here's an example; If your bad habit is that you go to sleep too late and you have been doing it for the majority of your life then develop the habit of tracking your sleep meticulously. This way you can start to understand how your body best functions and what periods of sleep affect you best, overall fixing your schedule and naturally countering a bad habit!
Now do not get me wrong, this does not work for every bad habit you have, in fact, most of the time you should make a conscious effort to get rid of the negative ones but for those stubborn ones figure out the habit that you can develop to counter it.
ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:
The best way to figure out which habits are bad is to meticulously track all of your habits throughout your day and then go back and analyse which ones added no value to you.
TAKEAWAYS:
If you are struggling to get rid of a negative hard-wired habit, consider alternatively developing one that counters it in a positive way.
BOOK OF THE WEEK ⤵️
The book of the week is ‘The Art Of War’ by Sun Tzu. A book written between 475 and 221 B.C.E and is still one of the most-read books to this day. It is a book about the military tactics of ancient warriors used to fight war however the lessons within it are still applicable today and are read by millions. If you want to understand how to win in life, this is a book for you. Read it HERE
CREATOR OF THE WEEK ⤵️
The creator of the week is @Joshotusanya, a US-based self-improvement creator. He shares everything from tips to becoming more confident to ways to deal with common situations and is almost like the Google of self-improvement that you didn’t know you needed. Check him out HERE
LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️
Your habits, as minor and insignificant as they may seem make you who you are. If you can control your habits then you can morph yourself into your dream version.
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