Tools for Habit Change
In the past few messages, we’ve suggested ways to change bad habits including:
CHANGE DIRECTION - If you always stop at a certain donut shop on…
Make It Satisfying
How do we increase the likelihood our new habit will stick? Make the new habit satisfying.
What do I mean by that? “I want something sweet. …
Make It Difficult
“It’s easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.” (Benjamin Franklin)
What techniques have you used to prevent a bad habit?
Have you…
Make It Easy
Why is it that no one has to talk me into watching TV, eating ice cream, or scrolling through funny reels? Probably because, for me, all of those…
Goals + FUN = Life Improvement
I read a great statement, “Self-control is not about constantly resisting temptation or depriving oneself. Rather, self-control is about shaping our…
Make It Attractive
Now that we’ve learned how to make our “bad habits” invisible; let's examine the 2nd Law of Behavior Change from James Clear’s Atomic…
Make It Invisible
“But I just can’t STOP wanting it!” she exclaims as an awkward silence filled the area around us in the otherwise bustling coffee shop.
As…
Make it Obvious
“Many of the actions we take each day are shaped not by purposeful drive and choice,
but by the most obvious option.” - James Clear in Atomic…
Make it Automatic
Habits are mental shortcuts learned from experiences.
The 4 steps in creating habits is known as the habit loop:
Cue - I hear a ping on my…
Identity Based Habits
Most of the time we base our habits around what we want to do rather than who we want to be. When we do that, our habit change can often be surface…
Baby Steps to Positive Strides
Forming habits, good or bad, starts with baby steps. Of course, your D4 coach wants you to form good habits.
Little changes can add up to big…
Right Now
The idea “new year, new you” simply is not true. When the clock strikes midnight on the last day of December, there will be no magic spells or…
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