Habits: Establish and Change

 

1. "Humans are basically habit machines. Learning how to break habits is actually a very important meta-skill and can serve you in life almost better than anything else."

2. "Habits are good. Habits can allow you to background process certain things so that your neocortex, your frontal lobe, stays available to solve brand new problems."

3. "When building habits, choose consistency over content. The best book is the one you can’t put down. The best exercise is the one you enjoy doing every day. The best health food is the one you find tasty. The best work is the work you’d do for free."

4. "Changing habits: 

Pick one thing. Cultivate a desire. Visualize it. Plan a sustainable path. Identify needs, triggers, & substitutes. Tell your friends. Track meticulously. Self-discipline is a bridge to a new self-image. Bake in the new self-image. It’s who you are now.

5. "Breaking habits is a skill, and it is something you can learn. Start with a small habit and try different techniques to break it. Try substituting. Try going cold turkey. Try weaning yourself off.

Try social proof by telling other people that you’re going to break the habit. Try putting other habits around it that leave no time for that habit. Try removing the triggers. Try toning down the rewards. Do whatever it takes but break one bad habit this year."

6. "All the benefits in life come from compound interest - relationship, money, habits - anything of importance."

7. "Although you can read tons of books on it (changing habits), the reality is you’re never going to learn how to break bad habits until you just break them."

8. "One thing I try to do is I try to break a bad habit every six months, and I try and pick up a good habit every six months to year."

9. "To some extent, our attitude in life, our mood, our happiness levels, depression levels, these are also habits."

10. "Fast, lift, sprint, stretch, and meditate. Build, sell, write, create, invest, and own. Read, reflect, love, seek truth, and ignore society. Make these habits. Say no to everything else. Avoid debt, jail, addiction, disgrace, shortcuts, and media. Relax. Victory is assured."

You quit because you don’t see results.  You don’t see results because you quit.

Do you live your life on autopilot because you don't know what to do with your life?

Live intentionally by changing your habits, your daily routine, and your mindset, to become strong and disciplined.