How to deal with bad habits?

Ерік Бертран Ларссен - норвезький автор і тренер з особистісного зростання. Його книга "На межі" вже стала бестселером.

Any habit is a repeated and often unconscious pattern of behavior, fixed by multiple reproduction. And most importantly, habits are not caused by instincts, they are the result of learning.

Because our daily rituals say a lot about who we are and what we can do. Habits influence our behavior, guide our priorities, and inform our decisions.

And the most interesting thing is that very often we don't even notice it. After all, habits are not only positive and useful, but also negative and harmful. With all the consequences that follow. How to organize your life?

Harmful and harmful habits negatively affect our development. As opposed to useful skills that make us more efficient, goal-oriented, and free up time for other pursuits. Now you understand why it is important to get rid of bad habits? Apathy and laziness. What to do if you don't want to do anything?

First, make a list of your habits. When we talk about changing habits, it is very important to soberly assess your situation - what habits do you have? It is important to list both good and bad habits

This applies to both everyday things - what you eat for lunch, how you show yourself at meetings, and mental habits - how you conduct an internal dialogue, how you react to unforeseen circumstances.

Take a piece of paper and write down your positive and negative habits. All that come to mind. Be honest with yourself and try to remember all your bad habits.

Go through a typical day in your mind, minute by minute, and ask yourself, “How do I usually behave? what am i doing How can I change and improve my habits?". If you can't remember the habits, start collecting feedback. Ask your friends and colleagues what good and bad habits you have.

After you have made a list of habits, you should notice that among the good ones you have harmful rituals. Someone overeats, others do not monitor their physical form, others are constantly late. We all have bad habits, but they can always be replaced with good ones. The most psychologically harmful habits

Carefully consider the actions that have a bad effect on your state now or negatively affect your future. "When" instead of "If" and what distinguishes a dream from a goal?

Come up with a good habit that will help you deal with a bad habit. For example, if you are too lazy to go to the gym in the evening, start preparing your uniform in the morning and put it in your bag.

Or if you eat sweets too often, sign up for cooking classes that will help you not only enjoy healthy food, but also prepare it yourself.

In other words, for every harmful action, find a resistance. To get rid of a bad habit, start small. A step-by-step system for achieving any goals

Sometimes it's hard to take the first step, so start small. If you want to go to bed earlier, get up earlier, plan your time more carefully, do more sports or children

Just imagine - one minute a day. One of the 1440 minutes that make up a day, you are definitely able to devote to change. If you are a late riser, set your alarm a minute earlier than usual and get up a minute earlier than usual.

Self-development week. How to change in a week?

If you do not do sports, start training with one minute. How many push-ups can you do in a minute? How many steps can you walk? Have you ever planned your day? What can you plan in sixty seconds?

One minute is just a step to getting rid of a bad habit.

The next will be two minutes. In a month you will already have half an hour. In two, a full hour, which may have been your goal. When combined with internal dialogue and visualization, changing your habits is not that difficult.