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7 Books on Habits

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Meet Your Schedule And Drop High Expectations

While having a positive belief in your capabilities is good, setting your expectations too high can hold you back.

When you’ve exceeded your stupid small goal several days in a row, your expectations will naturally rise. You won’t be content with one push-up when you’ve done 25 every day. Resist the urge to increase the mini goal to match your elevated expectations. Feel good about your accomplishment and focus on consistency.

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Mini Habits: Rules And Workings

  • Mini habits work because they deplete little of your willpower reserve.
  • On the mini-habit plan, you divide your goals into “stupid small” but effective actions.
  • The mini-habit rules are: don’t cheat, be glad when you succeed, give yourself rewards, st...

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STEPHEN GUISE

Mini habits are low-willpower Trojan horses that can leverage their easy access into the brains control room into big results.

STEPHEN GUISE

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Create Your Reward Plan

Many habits don’t offer immediate rewards. Sculpting your abs, for example, takes time. Give yourself mini rewards to accompany your mini habits.

For example, allow yourself a 10-minute power nap or watch a fun video as a reward for meeting your mini goal.

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Eight Mini-Habit Rules

Following the rules of the mini-habits program will keep you on track and ensure success:

  1. Never, ever cheat
  2. Be happy with all progress
  3. Reward yourself often, especially after a mini habit
  4. Stay level...

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The Problem with Motivation

An inverse relationship connects motivation and willpower.

  • When your motivation is high and you’re enthusiastic about something, you only need a little willpower to get going.
  • When the initial buzz wears off or you must face a task you don’t want to do, your need for willp...

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Forming A Habit

Contrary to common belief, the average time it takes to form a habit is not 21 to 30 days. Studies show it takes anywhere from 18 to 254 days to form a habit. The average person needs 66 days.

You’ll know when a behavior becomes a habit when you experience a d...

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Use The Why Drill On Each Mini Habit

Ask yourself why you want to instill a mini habit into your life, and delve deeply into the answer by asking the question more than once.

Make sure that your mini habits align with your values.

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Managing Willpower

Studies show that human beings have only a limited supply of willpower.

The five primary causes of weakening willpower or self-control – called “ego depletion” – are:

  • effort
  • perceived difficulty
  • negative affect
  • subjective fatigue

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Write Everything Down

Writing something down grants it importance. Visually track your mini habit success to reinforce your sense of accomplishment.

Crossing your performance off on a calendar each day gives you a graphic representation of your progress. Several digital apps can help you r...

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Think Small

The advantage of mini habits is that repetition strengthens your willpower. Each task requires just a little willpower to complete and the frequency of repetition forms a habit over time.

Once a habit is in place, you can build on it more easily. That’s why stupid small is powerful.

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Stop Fighting With Yourself

To make changes last, you need to stop fighting against your brain.

Instead, decide that you’re better off taking a step, even a small step, than staying in the same place. Taking one small step daily leads you in the right direction and sets you on your way to develop...

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Watch For Signs of Habit

Several signs will tell you that you’ve developed a positive habit:

  • You’ll feel less resistance and perform the activity without much thought.
  • The activity will become less emotional and more routine.
  • You incorporate it into your identity, such as “I’m a writer” o...

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Define Your Habit Cues

Habits are either “time-based” or “activity-based.” Identify which cue works for each new mini habit.

Do you want to exercise at a specific time, such as nine every morning, or give yourself more flexibility, such as before dinner? If specific cues tax your willpower,...

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STEPHEN GUISE

You already have all the inspiration you need inside you, but it may be dormant. Awaken it with mini habits.

STEPHEN GUISE

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Mini Habits: Too Small To Fail

Mini Habits: Too Small To Fail

  • Take one small step every day to initiate a lifelong positive habit.
  • People form habits over time through repeated behaviors.
  • A mini habit is the smallest possible iteration of a positive habit, like one push-up.
  • A mini habit is “...

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Choose Your Mini Habits And Habit Plan

  • Write a list of positive habits you’d like to have.
  • Break each habit down into a stupid small step, the minimum possible action, such as sorting one email or saying thank you to one person a day.
  • Try a mini habit for a week and evaluate the results.
  • Then choose...

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STEPHEN GUISE

Smart willpower management is key to personal development as smart money management is key to financial success.

STEPHEN GUISE

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