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 iso   Knowing what is right and wrongo   consequenceso   Ability to chooseo   -       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 pushupso   Your goal will be to just do oneo   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 shoeso   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 alarmo   Food journaling – right as you sit to eat, before you pick up your fork. -       third – create and believe in I am statementso   Change is most effective when it is who we are not what we are doingo   I’m a push up fanatico   I’m a runnero   I’m a healthy eatero   Don’t have to be doing it all the time, or even consistentlyo   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 huntero   We just take people at their wordo   The more we believe we “are” the more we are likely to act in a way that reflects that beliefo