23 June 2019
No. Many people stop smoking for 21 days and return to smoking. Others diet for 21 days and regain the weight.
It is not the length of time that creates a habit. The two factors are:
How important the result is to us?
The intensity of the experience.
Intensity of the experience?
Yes, the stronger the experience, the easier it is to create a lifelong habit.
For example, let’s say we accidentally rest our hand on a hot burner on the stove. We burn our flesh almost to the bone. That is intense. From that day forward, we have a habit of never putting our hand on a stove burner again, regardless if it is hot or not.
In only one minute, we have developed a lifelong habit.
So doing something over and over again helps, but it won’t guarantee a lifelong habit.
Habits are better than goals
- How often have we set a goal to go to bed at a certain time?
- Have we ever set a goal to wake up at a certain time in the morning?
- Did we set a goal to eat lunch today?
- Did we set a goal to watch our favourite television show last night?
All these activities happened automatically. Habits work.
What habit can we create that automatically builds our business?
A Bit of Humour for You
A cat goes to the vet feeling very unwell.
The vet does a thorough examination.
He then turns to the cat and with a grave face says,
"I'm afraid its bad news. It's curiosity."
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