Benefits of Habits

A well-crafted set of habits ensures we reach our goals with incremental steps.

• Habits can lead to overshooting our goals. A habit of reading a page a day can lead to reading more on some days, and so finish that book sooner.
• After building a habit, it becomes easier to do that action than not doing it. Our brains actually change to make the behavior easier to complete.
• Habits often add up to make us who we are. According to research, 40% of our waking hours are made up of habits. 
• Keystone habits are behaviors that cause people to change related areas of their life. People who quit a bad habit are likely to end up replacing it with a positive alternative. Habits can compound.
• Habits can be as small as necessary. Like, flossing just one tooth.