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People rely too much on self-discipline
....and eschew forming useful habits. Instead, they set unrealistic drastic goals that and then become frustrated when they make little to no progress towards them.
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- Spending mindset: People who stay poor or middle class see money as something to be spent.
- Investing mindset: People who become rich see money as something to be invested.
1. Exercise: benefits for mental and physical health.
2. Cooking: benefits in controlling what and when you eat.
3. Meditation: increased focus, improved self-awareness, better mental health.
4.Reading: benefits in interpersonal relationships.
Some habits make other positive habits much easier to acquire as well. ad once adopted, will reverberate into other areas of your life. These are sometimes referred to as “keystone habits.”
- Goals: there’s a clear image of a certain result in our head and that gets us more excited in the moment;
- Habits: are long-term and repetitive - they seem boring. And there’s no clear image one can imagine for “going to the gym every morning fo...
- Goals are a one-time bargain. They are the spending mindset.
- Habits are an investing mindset. Habits require one to invest one’s efforts for a little while and then take the rewards of that effort and re-invest them in a greater effort to form even better ha...
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The beliefs you have about yourself can drive your long-term behavior.
You could trick yourself into going to the gym or eating healthy once or twice, but if you don't shift your underlying identity, then it's hard to stick with long-term changes.
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Our mind has muscles. It memorizes patterns. By doing this over and over, you're building your willpower and self-discipline.
Forcing yourself to do things that you don't feel like doing (but you know you should be doing) is a habit you can learn.
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Starting new habits, getting into new actions is a challenge. One way is to connect with your actions better by using context and association with the work you intend to accomplish.
By using contexts and looking inward, you’ll create better awareness for yourself. A...
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