![]() ![]() Work while disconnected, with no distractions.Ĩ. When you work on a task, don’t switch to other tasks.Ħ. Set your 3 MITs (Most Important Tasks) each morning.Ģ. But if I had to recommend 12 habits to start with (one each month for a year), these are the 12 I think could make the most difference in the lives of the average person (more on each habit in later chapters):ġ. You can choose any habits in this book that you think will help you most, at work and in the rest of your life. * Keep a positive attitude! Expect setbacks now and then, but just note them and move on. This has been proven over and over again in the Challenges. You could check in every 2 or 3 days, but you’ll be more likely to succeed if you report daily. This makes it more likely to become a habit. If you’re going to exercise, do it at 7 a.m. You want to do your habit change at the same time every day, if possible. If you choose exercise, set a number of minutes or something similar (20 minutes of exercise daily, for example). You should be able to say, definitively, whether you were successful or not today. ![]() If you think you can exercise for 30 minutes a day, choose 10 minutes - making it super easy is one of the surest ways to ensure you’ll succeed. ![]() In fact, choose something easier than you think you can do every day. But for now, do something you know you can do every day. ![]() Later, when you’re good at habit changes, you can choose something harder. Don’t decide to do something really hard, at least for now. Trust me - I’ve tried both ways many times, and in my experience there is 100% failure for forming multiple habits at once, and a 50-80% success if you do just one habit at a time - depending on whether you follow the rest of these rules. Do not break this rule, because I assure you that if you do multiple habits at once, you will be much less likely to succeed. If you follow these rules, it would be hard for you not to form a new habit by the end of the 30 days. There are only a few rules you need to follow to make this Challenge a success. Each day, tell the same group of people whether or not you succeeded at your goal. I suggest an online forum, but you could email it to coworkers and family and friends or otherwise get the word out to a large group.Ĥ. Tell as many people as possible that you are trying to form your new habit. You will need to specifically state what your goal will be each day, when you’ll do it, what your “trigger” will be (the event that will immediately precede the habit that’s already a part of your routine - such as exercising right after you brush your teeth), who you will report to (see below).ģ. You can choose any habit - whatever you think will have the biggest impact on your life.Ģ. The tool that you’ll use to form each habit is an extremely powerful one: the Power of Less Challenge, a 30-day challenge that has proven very effective in forming habits for thousands of readers of my Zen Habits blog.ġ. The only way you’ll form long-lasting habits is by applying the Power of Less: focus on one habit at a time, one month at a time, so that you’ll be able to focus all your energy on creating that one habit. The Power of Lessįrom Chapter 5: Create New Habits and The Power of Less Challenge I added bolding to some parts I think are particularly important, as well as bracketed text for my comments. It is a fast read and a good reminder that - in a world where people tend to focus on the latest Firefox extensions and gizmos - simple basic habits are the force multiplier, not new applications. To illustrate a few of Leo’s principles for changing behavior, I am pleased to offer several exclusive excerpts from Leo’s new book, The Power of Less. Oh, and those children people like to use as justifications for inaction? No more excuses. – Written a novel and a non-fiction book. – Gone from a non-runner to completing several marathons and triathlons. Leo, who lives in Guam (how cool is that?), has built his audience by deconstructing his offline behavior as much as his online behavior… His blog, Zen Habits, went from 1 reader - his wife - to being one of the Technorati top-100 blogs in the world in less than 12 months. Leo Babauta has been a incredible model for me in the world of blogging. I faced this when I asked lifelong swimmers for technical advice. practice) issues many top performers face when they can’t articulate an unconscious competence. in 1-2 months rather than consult with a 300-lb. Thus, to gain muscle mass, for example, I would rather examine the training and diet log of someone who went from 145 – 185 lbs. To learn a skill, I often look - not for the best in the world - but for people who’ve made the greatest progress in the shortest period of time. ![]()
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