3 Essentials to Create New Habits

You can choose.  -       New years  -       New beginning -       Time to create turning points in life -       Give you 2 keys to make any new habit stick -       I can’t  -       One of my least fav phrases -       It means we aren’t capable.  -       It means we don’t have agency,  -       Agency is o   Knowing what is right and wrong o   consequences o   Ability to choose o    -       Any missing – don’t have agency -       A lot of us have, in our heads a laundry list of things that we can’t do.  -       I want to give you three keys to help you deal with that list and start doing the things that you want to do -       More importantly these three things will help you become who you want to be.   -       Because this is so important,  -       Want it to stick -       Not going to talk about 5 things or 10 just two -       If you want to make a permanent change to anything in your life.  -       New habit -       You have to do two things -       First, make it doable every time.  o   Let’s say you want to be able to do 50 pushups o   Your goal will be to just do one o   When you are going to do it, all you have to do is one.  o   If you want to be a runner, your goal is to put on your shoes o   If you want to eat healthier your goal is to write what you’re eating once a day -       Second, attach your goal to something you are already doing.  o   50 push ups, do one every time you finish peeing. o   Running? If you want to do it first thing in the morning, put your shoes on immediately after you turn off the alarm o   Food journaling – right as you sit to eat, before you pick up your fork.  -       third – create and believe in I am statements o   Change is most effective when it is who we are not what we are doing o   I’m a push up fanatic o   I’m a runner o   I’m a healthy eater o   Don’t have to be doing it all the time, or even consistently o   We all know a hunter – they say, “I’m a hunter”  o   No one is like, “are you hunting right now?” o   Have you hunted in the last week?  Prove to me you’re a hunter o   We just take people at their word o   The more we believe we “are” the more we are likely to act in a way that reflects that belief o