Habits are mental shortcuts A habit is a routine or behavior that is carried out repeatedly and most of the time automatically. When you are faced with a problem repeatedly, your brain starts to automate the process of solving it. Your habits are sets of automatic solutions that solve the problems you come across regularly. Focus on systems, not on goals Goals are good for establishing a direction, but systems are best for making progress. Goals are about the results you hope to reach. Systems are about the mechanisms that lead to those results. The layers of behavior change • Changing your outcomes. This means changing your results: losing weight, publishing a book, etc. • Changing your process. This means changing your habits and systems: for example, developing a meditation practice. • Changing your identity. This means changing your beliefs: the way you see yourself and the ones around you. True behavior change is identity change You could choose and start a habit ...
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