How Habits Get in the Way |
Posted: October 18, 2016 |
How Habits Get in the Way Habits. The default resistance that makes change So Hard.
Here’s a disturbing statistic: Did you know 92 out of every 100 people who attempt to break a bad habit will fail?
Crazy, right?
Habit-resistance come in many forms-- psychological, behavioral, culural, energetic, and neurological... and all these lovely forms make up the habit-wall blocking change.
This habit-wall is reason one why most of us cannot easily do what is simply needed. Reason two? It can take weeks, months, or years, for any new habit to take effect.
That 92% fail rate making a lot more sense right about now....
Curious-- how many times have YOU tried to lose weight, quit drinking or smoking, exercise, stop shopping and hoarding, playing video games till 4am....?
Not enough fingers and toes to count ’em all.
Willpower is not the big problem. Genetics are not the big problem. Nice as it is to blame them, it’s back to habits, Peaches.
Let me share more what’s needed to bust them....
-Awareness [knowing you AND knowing what blocks you]
-Environment [get set up to succed]
-Consistent Action [doing it consistently and persistently]
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Success comes in doing what we know to be true. Said another way--there is a difference between knowing a truth and applying it.
Be gentle with yourself here--let this change process include an understanding and compassion of where you are on the journey.
Use your True Self within to change. This essence of self is waiting to lead you forward into the changes you seek.
Take the time it takes to discover what is already within you. Set yourself up to succeed. Schedule it consistently.
Feel free to use many teachings, many teachers, many paths -- they all lead us to the same place with the same Universal Truths.
Still can’t accept that 92% of us fail at change? Ever wonder where you fall on a Success-Fail continuum of change? [Knowing this can empower you to better choices. ] Drop me a line for a quick 7 question snapshot--a soul selfie, if you will.
When you let yourself hear the truth and actually take it in, the change will be easier.
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