Difference between Habits and Goals
- Goal is an end-point. Habit is a daily persistent action.
They each require different forms of action, like being fluent in a new language in six months is a goal, but practicing 30 minutes each day is a habit.
- Habits influence our automatic behavior. They either help (good habits) or make it difficult (bad habits) to reach our goals more effectively.
Whether you have a habit of snoozing the alarm or keeping the alarm device out of reach can affect your goal of exercising every morning.
- Goals are often the first tangible step towards an untangible desire (like success, wealth, health, happiness). Habits are automated actions working in the background to power our lives.
- Goals rely on external motivation. Habits are automatic and literally rewire our brains.
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