Mini Habits
BIGGER RESULTS “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle
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sk anyone, and they’ll agree–it’s difficult to create a good new habit that actually sticks. It seems self-motivation doesn’t work and our will power quickly evaporates. Something in the inner self seems to say, “nope, not gonna do that.” Repeatedly our well-planned objectives seem to slip away as the year goes on. It starts strong, but oneby-one the priorities stack up and we move on with life, leaving our good intentions to trail behind. “It doesn’t have to be this way,” explains Stephen Guise in the book Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results. “You can succeed without the guilt, intimidation, and repeated failure associated with such strategies as “getting motivated,” New Year’s Resolutions, or even “just doing it.” He continues to explain, “These strategies don’t work because they require you to fight against your subconscious brain. It’s only when you start playing by your brain’s rules–as Mini Habits shows you how to do– that you can achieve lasting change.” Here’s the quick science lesson. Doing the same thing repetitiously for a long time creates
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