Coming up to a new year (I won't mention the 'C' word that is coming up in too few weeks), brings thoughts to mind of new year's resolutions. If you are a habitual resolution-maker and find yourself repeating the same ones year after year, with very little changing in your life, you might be interested in doing something different for 2012.
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten" Anthony Robbins
Some bits and pieces about HABITS from Denis Waitley
The Power of Habit
You
may know me.
I'm your constant companion.
I'm your greatest helper; I'm your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am at your command.
Half the tasks you do might as well be turned over to me. I'm able to do them
quickly, and I'm able to do them the same every time,
If that's what you want.
I'm
easily managed; all you've got to do is be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want it done; after a few lessons I'll do it
automatically.
I am the servant of all great men and women; of course,
I'm the servant of all the failures as well.
I've made all the winners who have ever lived.
And, I've made all the losers too.
But
I work with all the precision of a marvelous computer,
With the intelligence of a human being.
You may run me for profit, or you may run me to ruin;
It makes no difference to me.
Take
me. Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.
Be firm with me, and I'll put the world at your feet.
Who am I?
I'm Habit!
The 21 Day Challenge e-course is designed to help you create a positive habit within 21 days. Take a look at how you can create something different for your life, now and for 2012.
More from Denis Waitley...
You can change your life by changing you [sic] habits. Here are some guidepost rules regarding change:
Rule 1: No one can change you and you can’t really change anyone else. You must admit your need, stop denying your problem, and accept responsibility for changing yourself.
Rule 2: Habits aren’t broken, but replaced—by layering new behavior patterns on top of the old ones. This usually takes a least a year or two. Forget the 30-day wonder ones. I don’t know where motivational speakers got the idea that it takes twenty-one days to gain a new habit.* It may take that long to remember the motions of a new skill, but after many years of being you, it takes far longer to settle into a new habit pattern and stay there. Habits are like submarines. They run silent and deep. They also are like comfortable beds, in that they’re easy to get into, but difficult to get out of. So don’t expect immediate, amazing results. Give your skills training a year and stick with it, knowing that your new ways can last a lifetime.
Rule 3: A daily routine adhered to over time will become second nature, like riding a bicycle. Negative behavior leads to a losing lifestyle, positive behavior to a wining lifestyle. Practice makes permanent in both cases.
*comment from Aspiring Change: see Denis' 'Rule 3': the 21 Day Challenge will help you to commit to a daily routine that you may otherwise struggle to introduce to your day. Of course habits are built over time- and yes, it does take time to fully override old patterns that have built up over years and years. Starting somewhere is better than doing nothing at all- why not start with 21days and build from there?
Try the Aspiring Change 21 Day Challenge e-course and see what difference you can make in your life today!
For LQ.
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