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Have a plan for when you fail
Understand and accept that you are not going to be perfect on your first try. So take the time to think ahead of a plan about ways to get back on track when you slip up.
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Understand what is holding you back
Take the time to examine why you're avoiding a habit. In most cases, the cause is related to something deeper than laziness or not wanting to do something. Once you understand the true reasons you can find an appropriate remedy.
A reason for not exercising, for example...
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Start with habits you can't say no to
Start extremely simple and work your way up. There's always room to increase the difficulty later.
If you want to build an exercise habit commit to 1 minute per day instead of an hour per day. If you want to build a writing habit start with 3 sentences per day instead ...
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Steps For Building a New Habit
- Start by building your identity.
- Focus on small behaviors, not life-changing transformations.
- Develop a routine that gets you going regardless of how motivated you feel.
- Stick to the schedule and forget about the results.
- When you slip up, get back on track as...
7. Have A Backup Plan
A backup plan can help you when you get into a dicey, risk-related situation. As much as we would like to think that all of our ideas are going to work out 100% of the time, they usually don't. In fact, a majority of risks usually result in no change or a slight loss.
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Plan For Failure
Failure is normal and expected when building new habits. So you need to plan for failure, and you need to know exactly what you’re going to do when it happens so that you can recover quickly.
Write down 3 specific actions you can take when you fail, and how these actions...
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