You become your habits and whether good or bad, they have a compound effect. I've been reading a lot about habits lately. It seems to be a theme in my life right now and I've been taking a lot of time to assess my own habits. Think of a habit audit, for all my insurance geeks out there!
The highest performers in life take full ownership of their habits, they have chosen to create and implement good habits. Good habits attract success and success is a result of what we do all the time - habits. Yet good habits can be difficult because they're most often menial and not very flashy. The phrase ‘master the mundane’ comes to my mind. There's a saying that says good habits are hard to form and easy to live with, bad habits are easy to form and hard to live with. I have found this to be true! The most effective way I have created new habits (there is clearly a variety of ways) is to create a system. I have three specific systems I use in my life that helped me create a habit of preparation and to show up fully on a daily and weekly basis... Sunday Sit-down Weekly Rhythm Register Morning Routine These are all parts of what I would call a personal operating system. Your habits become a reflection of your identity. Becoming the best version of yourself requires that you're constantly editing, up-leveling, and expanding your identity. Habit forming takes a level of self-awareness, being able to assess where you are currently in life, where you want to be in the future, and what steps or what set of habits you need to adopt to become the next best version of your future self. I like the idea of reverse engineering your habits from the goals that you set in the future. New results require new behaviors and new habits. Our long-term success is determined by our weekly and daily habits. Even though I have some great habits formed over the years, I am still slowly creating more habits to help refine some areas of my life. I think that statement “if you are not growing, you are shrinking” is so true! It may sound counter intuitive, but habits create a lot of freedom in life. Once habits are nailed down, your brain can go on autopilot...although you must honor the process as creating habits happens over time but hey, nothing of value comes without effort. In the upcoming weeks I am going to go into more detail on my 3 operating systems, maybe it will inspire you. Cheers, Beth
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