Have you ever asked yourself these types of questions: “Can habits change your life?” or “What are the benefits of good habits?”
If you are like most success hungry entrepreneurs, then I guess the answer is a resounding “Yes!” We all want to be more successful and developing positive habits can help us to achieve that success.
So, why are habits important to your success in life?
If these highflyers are using the power of habits, don’t you think you should do too?
Of course you should! Habits give you structure and can help you to keep going when things get tough. They can become so ingrained that nothing will stop you from completing certain habits.
That being said, it is pretty obvious that you need to create simple, daily habits that will impact you positively. And if you have any negative habits, you need to recognise them and eliminate them from your life.
But what exactly is a habit? Well, a habit is something you do daily without thinking much about it. You probably have a habit of waking at a certain time, brushing your teeth a certain way, and perhaps calling your parents once a week on a Thursday evening.
And the good news is that you can change your habits or create new ones. It must be said that it can be very difficult to break old habits, especially if you have been doing them for years, but if they aren’t doing you any good, it is time to ditch them!
Good habits will help you to achieve more in life and to reach your goals, so let’s look at building and stacking a daily routine that will fire you up and help you to achieve more in your life!
There are morning routines and evening routines that perhaps are habit-based already for you. You may get up, eat breakfast, shower, brush your teeth, and depending on how early you get up; exercise may be in the morning routine as well.
In creating daily routines, you identify what you already do that is good and then attach a tiny habit to it. For example, if you do a few minutes of yoga in the morning, you can stay on the mat and do five minutes of meditation. After that is complete, you can do four minutes of visualization, and to finish it up, do three minutes of deep breathing.
This is very similar to Tony Robbins’ 4-part morning routine, which is four tiny habits, one right after the other.
To create a habit-stacking routine, Steve Scott advises that you look at your day and come up with times and locations as your prompts. It would like this:
– Once I wake up, I will…
– Once I start work, I will…
– Once I have a break or lunch, I will…
– Once my work is complete, I will…
– Once I finish dinner, I will…
– Once I hit the gym, I will…
– If I travel, I will…
These are examples and adjustable as not everyone goes to the gym or travels for work or vacation.
Make sure to have a good reason why you want to stack the habits you have picked out. A big why is essential for any habit or goal, or you will not put in the necessary time to do it.
Steve Scott believes that you should only work on one routine because of the willpower required to do it. It is easy to get distracted, and working on two or three routines at once, would require more focus and willpower than the average person can truly say they have.
As mentioned, Steve Scott came up with 97 tiny habits you can stack into different areas. He broke down the areas of your life to focus on like this:
– Leisure (Your days off and your vacation time)
– Organization (Keeping the house clean, organized, and decluttered, along with your workspace)
– Finances (Making and saving money. Reducing debt)
– Productivity (Finding your best working hours and getting tasks done on time)
– Spirituality (Connecting with the earth and your Creator)
– Health and Fitness (Your mental and physical well-being, including what you eat and how you exercise)
– Relationships (Developing loving relationships with family and friends. Getting along with co-workers)
Let’s look at a daily routine for relationships using habits stacking.
We will use the dinner hour as our example.
– When we prepare dinner, I will ask about their day.
– When we sit down to eat, I will say how grateful I am for not only the food but having them in my life
– During the dinner, I will put away my cell phone and focus on what they say
During clean-up, I will touch my partners’ lower back to make a physical and emotional connection.
– After dinner, I will take their hand, and we will walk around the block while I express my love
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