Between high school and club swim teams, my kids have morning practice Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. I get up in the “fours” every day, and I’m cooked by the time I get home from coaching my team’s practice and then picking my kids up from their practices. We are all in bed by […]
Developing Habits
Consistency makes progress. Intensity makes a good story.
If your default mode of thinking, doing, and being is all-or-nothing, THIS IS FOR YOU! Black and white, all or nothing, perfectionistic thinking is a big obstacle for so many of us when we are trying to do just about anything. We jump into challenges like 75 Hard where the only thing that counts in […]
Trick Your Brain Into Liking It
The primitive part of your brain doesn’t like change.It likes comfort. Familiarity. The path of least resistance. If you want to stick with a new habit, you’ve gotta use the evolved part of your brain to trick itself a little by making that habit look really, really good. The more attractive it is, the more […]
Start With One Minute
Most of us set ourselves up to fail before we even start to develop new habits or make changes because we start too big. We are so focused on the result we want – lose 20 pounds, run a half marathon, declutter the house, finish a book a week – and we forget that results […]
If You Can’t See It, You Probably Won’t Do It: Make It Obvious
If you have to remember to do your habit, it’s already too hard. Want a new behavior/action/task to become automatic? Start by making it impossible to miss; make sure your environment isn’t working against you. When you’re working on a new habit, Make it Obvious. Put your water bottle where you’ll trip over it.Leave your […]
Implementation Intention
Want to make your habits stick? Start by being crystal clear with yourself – and the universe – about what’s going to happen and when. Most people hope their new habits will stick. They say things like: “I’ll try to get up early tomorrow.”“I’m going to eat better this week.”“I need to start exercising again.” […]