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Why small daily changes matter. Well you a collection of habits. Routines. Habits are like the compound interest of self-improvement. Just as money grows through compound interest, the effects of your habits accumulate the more you practice them. While they may seem insignificant on any single day, their impact over months and years can be immense. It's only when you reflect two, five, or ten years later that the true value of good habits and the consequences of bad ones become clearly evident. -Source: Atomic Habits

HABITS VS NEEDS: WHY HABITS ARE NOT NEEDS Sometimes, we confuse habits with needs and justify indulging in bad habits as a necessity. This is a common defence mechanism that allows us to avoid responsibility and claim powerlessness in the face of change. However, we can distinguish between habits and needs by observing others who thrive without the habits we consider indispensable. This realization can be both freeing and challenging, as it invites us to reassess our behaviours and the control we believe they have over us. Check out the full article 👇 https://lnkd.in/d6p4v6WS

Habits starts with intentions, but they becomes the part of your identity. Which begins as a conscious choice, soon becomes an unconscious habit. Before you know it, its not just something you do, but someone you are. Your habit shapes your thoughts, actions and your character. So, be intentional about the habits you creates. Because they’ll eventually becomes the foundation of your character, a rhythm of your life and an essence of who you are. Live happy & healthy.

7 ways to build Atomic Habits by James Clear 1. Start with tiny habits: Begin with a habit so small it seems trivial, like doing one push-up or reading one page. 2. Use habit stacking: Pair your new habit with an existing one, like meditating after brushing your teeth. 3. Make it easy: Simplify your habits by preparing in advance, such as laying out workout clothes the night before. 4. Design your environment: Shape your surroundings to support your habits, like placing healthy snacks at eye level. 5. Focus on identity: Adopt the identity of the person you want to become, such as thinking, “I am a runner,” instead of “I want to run.” 6. Track your progress: Use a habit tracker to visually record your success. 7. Seek immediate rewards: Reward yourself immediately after completing a habit, like enjoying a piece of chocolate after studying.

It can be hard to maintain the motivation to exercise this time of year, when it's colder outside and the world seems to slow down. Building strong habits is a great way to ensure that you maintain an active lifestyle all throughout the year. Here's some science-based advice on how to build habits that stick:

A person is a slave of habits. Remember, habits form the nature of a person. And then from nature personality is formed and then personality is formed. Therefore, if life has to be improved, habits have to be improved. Once a bad habit is formed, it is very difficult to get rid of it. Let us understand through an example. A person was sitting with his friends on the bank of a river. Then he saw a blanket floating in the river. Without thinking twice, he jumped into the river to catch the blanket and caught hold of it. After a while, he felt that the blanket has caught hold of him and is carrying him away with it. He started shouting, save me, save me. The friends sitting on the bank said, leave the blanket! He shouted and said - First I caught hold of the blanket, now this blanket has caught hold of me. I want to leave it but it is not leaving me. That blanket was actually not a blanket but a bear, which appeared like a blanket from above. That bear had grabbed him. Bad habits are like this, first we catch hold of them, then they catch hold of us and take us along with them. We are unable to get rid of them even if we want to. To give up any bad habit, one has to practice for 42 days. And to adopt any good habit, one has to practice for 21 days. Therefore, it is better that when a habit has to be formed, it is to adopt a good habit.

HABITS DON'T WORK? 🧠 What are habits? Habits are automized, repetitive behaviours, triggered by specific stimuli. They are created and reinforced through a neurological loop. The main components involved are: stimulus, repetition and reward. Habits allow our brain 🧠 to have more free capacity for attention and focus because habits are highly automized (involved here is the basal ganglia). What if you fail in implementing good habits? Trying to install multiple good habits and then just nearly effortless doing all those unpleasant things is a nice dream. Just, if it is still unpleasant there is no reward. Sure when my tax stuff is done I am happy about it. But that isn't the primary reward, cause the activity in itself is often unwanted. What most often works is having enough urgency and pressure. Because if the pain is big enough the motivation to avoid pain is as well big enough. Look at it like this: If doing something on a regular bases does work, but needs willpower, it isn't a habit 😉. And that's completely fine. You can build habits around this activity that support it. You can reframe your beliefs around tax and the activity itself. You can develope the skill to detect emerging feelings towards avoiding the task and consciously change those. If you do that often enough it becomes a routine for your brain, an automized process. The way how your mind processes and is aware of feelings can become a habit ✨️ maybe...

Habits have enormous power. In fact, your habits, good or bad, are what run your life. (Habits are simply actions you must repeat repeatedly until they become automatic). Your actions, repeated consistently over time, mitigate from your conscious mind to your subconscious mind, which really runs the show. Your subconscious mind is a very powerful part of your life, although you're mostly unaware of it. You've learned to do things without thinking. When you put on your shoes, you don't think about it – you do it automatically. Same thing when you ride a bike or brush your teeth – it's like you're on automatic pilot. That's OK if your habits are good ones. But what if it's not a good one? What if you have a bad habit and are unaware of it? The good news is that your habits can be changed. The first thing to remember is that trying to eliminate an unwanted habit is a little like trying not to think about a pink elephant. The more you tell yourself not to think about the pink elephant, the more you think about it! Why? When you put a lot of energy into focusing on what you *don't* want to do – by talking about it, thinking about it, complaining about it, or worrying about it – you actually get more of what you don't want. Always remember the power of what you think about and focus on, which is perhaps the most important habit. It's better to develop the habit of focusing on what you *do* want.

Habits have enormous power. In fact, your habits, good or bad, are what run your life. (Habits are simply actions you must repeat repeatedly until they become automatic). Your actions, repeated consistently over time, mitigate from your conscious mind to your subconscious mind, which really runs the show. Your subconscious mind is a very powerful part of your life, although you're mostly unaware of it. You've learned to do things without thinking. When you put on your shoes, you don't think about it – you do it automatically. Same thing when you ride a bike or brush your teeth – it's like you're on automatic pilot. That's OK if your habits are good ones. But what if it's not a good one? What if you have a bad habit and are unaware of it? The good news is that your habits can be changed. The first thing to remember is that trying to eliminate an unwanted habit is a little like trying not to think about a pink elephant. The more you tell yourself not to think about the pink elephant, the more you think about it! Why? When you put a lot of energy into focusing on what you *don't* want to do – by talking about it, thinking about it, complaining about it, or worrying about it – you actually get more of what you don't want. Always remember the power of what you think about and focus on, which is perhaps the most important habit. It's better to develop the habit of focusing on what you *do* want.