We're continuing our series on habits because we think it's so vitally important to reaching your goals. Knowing how and why habits actually form and easy to implement strategies to change or create them goes a long way in creating the life you want for yourself. Last week's video was about "Shrinking Your Challenge Windows." Most of us tend to look at bad habits or behaviors as a 24 hour/day problem when in fact it's typically a short window in your day each day. This is incredibly empowering in any behavior and habit change endeavor. This has been a great series with loads of information. Each video is only 4-6 minutes in length.
This week's video busts one of the myths that seem to sabotage our progress, and gives us some insightful information on what to do about it. Many of us have seen, and even tried setting an alarm on our computer, iphone, ipad, etc. to remind us to do or not do whatever it is that we're trying to do or change. As we've been learning over the last few weeks, habits are hard-wired in our brains and we our brain actually physically resists changing those habits. Often times that reminder only one time a day is not enough stimulus for us to actually make that change. It's not that you're not disciplined or lazy as much as you just haven't given your brain enough stimulation and incentive to change! Our brain also craves and needs novelty. Even if you've done the multiple times/day alarm, after a while we get really good at ignoring it. It's time to create another reminder or "trigger." Here's this week's video. Enjoy!
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