To Change Your Life... Change Your Habits

                                                "We are what we repeatedly do. 
                                       Excellence then, is not and act, but a habit." 
                                                                  - Aristotle

If you would like to create a higher levels of success in your life you more than likely have to drop some of your habits and replace them with some more productive ones.

I have read that up to 90% of our behavior is habitual.

Whatever habits you currently have established are producing your current level of results. In other words... your habits determine your outcomes.

There are two steps for changing your habits.

First make a list of all the habits that negatively impact your future. The ones that are not productive.
If you can't figure it out by yourself, ask others to help you to figure out what they believe are your limiting and non-productive habits.

Here is a list of some common unsuccessful habits... Maybe you have some of these habits?

- Not retuning phone-calls
- Procrastination
- Arriving late for appointments
- Talking over others 

- Not listening 
- Answering the phone during family/friend/spouse time
- Eating unhealthy food

- Drinking too much alcohol
- Staying up late watching TV
- Spending more money than you earn
- Gossiping
- Smoking
- Not having any goals

- Not exercising 

- Spending too much time on social media 

Once you have identified your negative habits, the second step is to choose a better, more productive success habit and develop systems that will help support them.

For example, if your goals is to become healthier and start going to the gym every morning, a system that might work for you is to go to bed an hour earlier so you can get going one hour earlier in the morning.

Maybe you want to start to meditate for 20 minutes every morning before the rest of the family gets up, just set your alarm for 20 minutes earlier in the morning and get our of bed and get your meditation going.

If you want to start drinking more water every day, put a sign up that says "Drink Water"

Some Food For Thought

What could you achieve in a year if you took on a few new habits?

Start today by listing 4 new habits you would like to establish in the next year. By systematically adding one new behavior at a time, you can dramatically improve your overall lifestyle.

Tip!
To be successful... Partner up with someone and hold each other accountable. 

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