Consistent habits are sustainable, and sustainable habits must be appealing. If you don’t want to do something, you probably won’t do it. So how should you initiate an action that you don’t necessarily enjoy to begin with? Well, try asking how you can initiate an action that you don’t necessarily despise instead. Can you add …
Realistic Habits
Consistency is key, and the way to stay consistent is to make your habits sustainable. A sustainable habit is a realistic habit, and your habits have to be realistic for you. Be realistic about the change you can make. Make gradual changes that are challenging enough to actually be a goal.
S.M.A.R.T.er Goals
You may be familiar with the S.M.A.R.T. method of defining goals. It’s not a bad way to go about creating healthier habits. My Action Taker monthly members use a simple statement to accomplish the same thing. The statement is, “I will [insert action that you can control], and I will do it [number] times a …
Focus on Action, Not Results
Your goal should be to take action, not to achieve a result. Why? Because consistent action is a result. And you can control your actions, but you can’t directly control the results you seek. Focus on the actions you take, not the result you seek. Your actions are the result we’re looking for. Because taking …
Perfect is the Enemy of Better
Another difficulty in living a healthier life is in being consistent. One way to get that consistency is to redefine your goal to make it either a little less frequent, or a little less difficult. It requires you to change your mindset to “better,” not “perfect.” Your healthier habits don’t have to be perfect, they …