“Considering that our habits create our life, there is arguably no single skill that is more important for you to learn and master than controlling your habits. You must identify, implement, and maintain the habits necessary for creating the results you want in your life, while learning how to let go of any negative habits which are holding you back from achieving your true potential.”
This is so obvious, it shouldn’t really need pointing out. But the number of books on Habits tell their own story. I will add some on here soon, and hopefully remember to link.
Hal describes the three phases of habit creation, each 10 days (or so) long, as follows.
First, the new habit is a PITA. We don’t like doing it. At all. But we MUST persist.
The second phase is UNCOMFORTABLE. It’s not quite as bad as the first phase but not quite awesome. Yet.
The third phase is when we do the right thing on AUTOPILOT, without resistance or, indeed, thinking about it.
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The image is only slightly tongue in cheek, as the word “habit” comes from the Latin word habitus, which originally meant a person’s state, appearance, or dress. Habits are just “clothes”. Let’s choose what we wear, eh?
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