Good Habits

“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” ― Bill Gates

Don’t Follow Goals, Follow Habits. Values don’t matter. What matters are habits.

A habit (or wont, as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. (Source Wikipedia)

Do new/difficult things in small steps. Small steps that you definitely know you can be successful with. This way you will be a bit more kind and patient with yourself. Doing this will also give you a bigger chance to make it stick. Habits take time to change especially when you have been doing it your entire life. You can pick things that feels the easiest for you to start changing and the others will follow. This is just one step, but I know from experience it is better to focus on one change at the time. People often can’t handle too many changes at the same time and end up to their usual being again. Small wins are wins and on the way to becoming more of who you want to be.

Being able to form and maintain good habits is almost a super power.

The key to fulfilling all the promises we make to ourselves is forming and then maintaining habits. e.g. read more, eat better, exercise more.

Master list of good habits

1. Avoid Intense Ideologies. Have an Open Mind. Use the Rule of Rethinking.
2. Environment design - Impact on Focus and Habits
3. Habits - Write to think
4. Habits - Develop true grit
5. Habits - Get to a city; Get out of the house as much as possible
6. Habits - Develop the skills to begin opening and establishing relationships
7. Habits - Give yourself as many opportunities as possible. Find a good partner.
8. Habits - Take risk
9. Habits - Take economic responsibility for your household
10. Habits - Put yourself in uncomfortable situations. Go up and talk to strangers
11. Habits - Try and find things where you’re building something in the agency of others
12. Habits - Define Winning the Day
13. Habits - Wake Up With a Win
14. Habits - Start your day with fighting the top priority Dragon first
15. Habits - Use the Power of Sunlight
16. Habits - Review Game Footage
17. Habits - Define your fears instead of your goals
18. Habits - Banish the word fine. Refuse to settle.
19. Habits - Approach your obstacles with curiosity
20. Habits - Embrace your near wins
21. Habits - Use Feedback Loops
22. Habits - Spend more time making the big decisions
23. Habits - Be clear about what you need from others
24. Habits - Pick your priorities carefully
25. Habits - Listen intently
26. Habits - Hold yourself accountable
27. Habits - As soon as you wake up, do a body/mind/spirit scan
28. Habits - Manage your email brutally
29. Habits - Remove dependencies
30. Habits - Subscribe to daily or weekly newsletters that aggregate content relevant to your industry or goals
31. Habits - Take time to do what’s right for those around you
32. Habits - Live by the calendar
33. Habits - Take one deep breath
34. Habits - Confront harsh challenges and difficult things to transform yourself
35. Habits - Start your day with fighting the top priority Dragon first
36. Habits - Define Winning the Day
37. Habits - Actively practice leadership
38. Habits - Make long-term, consistent and incremental improvements
39. Habits - Showering in the morning
40. Habits - Track your habits
41. Habits - Turn off your notifications
42. Habits - Learn something every day and write it down:
    1. Note taking - Purpose and Benefits
43. Protecting your attention is a habit
44. Provide negative feedback when it is appropriate
    1. Understand that providing negative feedback is an act of caring
45. Schedule a learning workout
46. Schedule your time for focused work
47. Rest
    1. Resting is a biological reset of your nervous system
    2. Rest Takes Hard Work

Some Rare Habits That Will Make You A Beast

by Scott Galloway in Chris Williamson podcast

Scott Galloway breaks down his best advice for people entering their 30’s. How important is choosing your partner? Why does Scott Galloway think everyone should train hard? Should you earn as much money as possible in your 30’s?

What advice would you give to people that are in their 30s, are entering their 30s, about how to operate in life?

I think it’s really situational. I don’t think there’s a user’s manual. I think there’s some best practices and I don’t think it’s that much different than in your 20s.

1. Habits - Develop grit and strength - emotionally, physically and intellectually. Get mentally and physically strong
2. Habits - Get to a city; Get out of the house as much as possible
3. Habits - Develop the skills to begin opening and establishing relationships
4. Habits - Give yourself as many opportunities as possible. Find a good partner.
5. Habits - Take risk
6. Habits - Take economic responsibility for your household
7. Habits - Put yourself in uncomfortable situations. Go up and talk to strangers
8. Habits - Try and find things where you’re building something in the agency of others

Habits that will fix 93% of your problems

by Anthony Vicino

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXWNEfPtjgs&list=PLVOspl3tsfnqFED2ENKj51FJs_o-wmacE&index=6

The Chaotic Path of Improvement

To get out of them and get your baseline trending back up, it doesn’t require you to do anything crazy. You don’t need to take massive action. Usually, you just need to commit yourself to five small habits.

1. Habits - Define Winning the Day
2. Habits - Wake Up With a Win
3. Habits - Start your day with fighting the top priority Dragon first
4. Habits - Use the Power of Sunlight
5. Habits - Review Game Footage

Habits for Achieving Your Goals

TED Ideas

What is one goal you wish you could accomplish? Chances are, you have no problem naming it, so what holds you back from achieving it?

Life has a nasty habit of interrupting the best-laid plans, but more often than not, it’s our own minds that get in the way of our goals. We make a litany of excuses for why those goals don’t get checked off our lists, and we become our own worst enemies.

Let this be the end of all that.

Here are a few suggestions — and a dose of tough love — to help you reach your goals.

1. Habits - Define your fears instead of your goals
2. Habits - Banish the word fine. Refuse to settle.
3. Habits - Approach your obstacles with curiosity
4. Habits - Embrace your near wins

Simple Daily Habits That Separate High Achievers From Everyone Else

Your thoughts, words, actions, and habits do affect the quality of your life. Practice the right things over and over again, and you’ll reap the rewards and benefits.

BY CHRISTINA DESMARAIS, CONTRIBUTOR, INC.COM

Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Your thoughts, words, actions and habits do affect the quality of your life. Practice the right things over and over again, and you’ll reap the rewards and benefits. Continually engage in behaviors which are harmful and you’ll undoubtedly suffer in one way or another.

A lot can be learned by looking at the habits of successful people. Here are the simple things that a lot of successful people credit for helping them get ahead in business and life.

1. Habits - Use Feedback Loops
2. Habits - Spend more time making the big decisions
3. Habits - Be clear about what you need from others
4. Habits - Pick your priorities carefully
5. Habits - Listen intently
6. Habits - Hold yourself accountable
7. Habits - As soon as you wake up, do a body/mind/spirit scan
8. Habits - Manage your email brutally
9. Habits - Remove dependencies
10. Habits - Subscribe to daily or weekly newsletters that aggregate content relevant to your industry or goals
11. Habits - Take time to do what’s right for those around you
12. Habits - Live by the calendar
13. Habits - Take one deep breath
14. Schedule a learning workout
15. Habits - Confront harsh challenges and difficult things to transform yourself
16. Habits - Start your day with fighting the top priority Dragon first
17. Avoid Intense Ideologies. Have an Open Mind. Use the Rule of Rethinking.
18. Environment design - Impact on Focus and Habits
19. Habits - Define Winning the Day
20. Habits - Actively practice leadership
21. Habits - Make long-term, consistent and incremental improvements
22. Habits - Showering in the morning
23. Habits - Track your habits
24. Habits - Turn off your notifications
25. Habits - Learn something every day and write it down:
    1. Note taking - Purpose and Benefits

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