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.

With consistency, the benefits of habits compound and lead to extraordinary achievements.

The common daily habits of successful people prove that when we switch our focus from achieving specific goals to creating positive long-term habits, we can make continuous improvemen...