Every person has urge to develop some good habits in our life . There would be no surprise in saying that ' Habits are the skeletal system of our day' , the output of our day solely depends on our habits .
But you know what 100% of people take resolutions for imparting good habits , but only 8% could accomplish them perfectly .
WHY ????
It's simply because we over expect the things . We focus our one eye on work and the other on result .
we get influenced by movies and feel that we would become super successful in few days , just like the heroes of particular movies .Miracles happen only in movies , it's rare to see in real life . Nothing can be achieved without patience and hard work .
The same thing happened to me , one night I watched an interview of BILL GATES . I got super excited in inculcating the habit of reading books . The next few days I woke up early and started reading some great books but resistance grew up sooner and my bed called me more than the books .
I'll bet you that many a times you might have experienced same kind of situation .
Here are some of the tips I learnt from the book named "MINI HABITS " written by Stephen Guise which helped me a lot . Check out the book for more info :)
START STUPID SMALL
Start your habit in a stupid small manner . For instance if you are intended to impart habit of reading books , then start your habit thinking that you would read a single line on first day . I'll bet you that you would at least read a paragraph without feeling bored .
Once you had accomplished the task of reading a single line on first day , you would feel positiveness in your mind because you read more than what you've thought . Confident rises in you .
Continue being small until you feel comfortable to read big chapters a day .
BREAKING THE DORMANT STATE
We all do know that the first law of motion states that ' Every body has a tendency to stay at rest or in continuous motion until and unless an external force is applied' , once we make a mini habit we are breaking the inertia to stay dumb.
SUCCESS IS A STAIRCASE, NOT A DOORWAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE STAIRCASE, JUST TAKE THE FIRST STEP.
CONTINUITY AND CONFIDENCE DRIVER
Sometimes our days would be so hectic that we could not get enough time to perform our habit . Let's assume that you have a habit of doing meditation for 30 minutes on a daily basis , but on a tightly scheduled day you couldn't get 30 minutes . If you perform mini meditation for a 30 sec then you feel that you haven't broke your habit . Continuation of habit is important since it promotes us to do it on next day.
A teenager got addicted to his phone in such a way that he uses it for more than 10 hours a day . He firmly decided to change his bad habit . He didn't touch his phone for one complete day . Immediately the next day he couldn't resist his hands and thought that it's impossible for him to get away from his phone . As a result he used his phone extensively and ruined his health . He could have gained a lot of confidence if he made a mini habit of getting way from his phone . He could have made a habit of decreasing usage for every hour in a day or two and then the results would have been astonishing .Mini habits always steers us with us a lot of confidence .
Start a fresh habit in mini way and savor the outstanding results :P , thank me later ;)
