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Category: Habits

Six Atomic Habits to Have a Brighter Future Personally, Professionally, and Financially

Habits

Six Atomic Habits to Have a Brighter Future Personally, Professionally, and Financially

Your personal development encompasses it all The specific habits you should start are entirely up to you. No one can dictate to you what to do. You are unique, your life story is unique, and your set of circumstances is unique. When I decided to change my life, I sat down and in less than […]

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Four Self-Improvement Habits which Had the Biggest Impact on My Life

Habits / Transformation

Four Self-Improvement Habits which Had the Biggest Impact on My Life

Small activities that provided great benefits It’s hard to say which of my self-improvement habits has had the biggest impact on my life. I have too many of them and introduced them into my life in a very rapid fashion. So, it is really hard to measure and recognize which habits have been the most impactful. […]

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Why Is It so Easy to Get Addicted to Things that Are Unhealthy but so Difficult to Get Hooked on Healthy Habits

Consistency / Habits

Why Is It so Easy to Get Addicted to Things that Are Unhealthy but so Difficult to Get Hooked on Healthy Habits

The short answer is: those “unhealthy things” hack directly into our bodily reward system. Thus, we get an immediate reward (usually: pleasure) from doing them. We crave the pleasure, so the behavior gets reinforced. It easily becomes a habit. The long answer is more complicated. The reason why hacking directly into the reward system works […]

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Consistency / developing a habit / Habits

How to Turn Anything into a Habit?

Anything? No can do. Not without some additional conditions. For example, if you want to make space trips a habit the only way to do it nowadays is to do those trips in your imagination. And it applies to zillion other activities. Some things are just flatly impossible (yet) or much harder than others.

How many habits do successful people have?

Consistency / Habits

How many habits do successful people have?

Usually, a lot. Because this is how achieving success looks like: Success is a process and you need disciplines, made consistently overtime to get there. You may have just a few massive habits, you can have plenty of minuscule ones or a mix of both. However, people are wired for small habits. The stories of […]

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7 Best Free Resources for Developing Habits

Consistency / Habits

7 Best Free Resources for Developing Habits

While answering hundreds and hundreds of questions about habits on Quora I found myself referring to some free resources for developing good habits over and over again. They are free. They are effective. They are helpful. So, here I share them with you. 1. Tiny Habits course It’s free. It’s jam-packed with valuable knowledge about […]

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3 Roles of a Friend in Good Habits Formation

Encouragement / Habits

3 Roles of a Friend in Good Habits Formation

I can see at least three ways friends can support forming good habits right away. Probably, there are more. 1. Role Model. Human beings are mimicking machines. We mimic without thinking, unconsciously. So, if your friend has some good habits you are in a much better position to adopt similar habits. This is the one […]

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