6 steps on how to build successful habits in 2017

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit ». - Aristotle

Your habits are one of the most important keys that will define your success. By adopting successful habits, you will achieve your goals and dreams. If you adopt bad habits like watching TV excessively or being lazy in general, you are going to waste your life and achieve nothing. 2017 is just around the corner so let's get our act together and see how we can have a productive year.

If 2016 has been a fruitful year for you, let's move on and create even more success in 2017. If 2016 was not a good year for you, it's time to learn from the mistakes you made and look forward to 2017. It is time to reboot and focus on the future.

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It all starts with your habits. You can make 2017 your best year by adopting habits of empowerment to help you achieve your goals.

Let's start building the habits of success you want in your life to ensure a 2017 filled with achievement and abundance.

1) Identify what empowerment habit you want to adopt.

First, you must identify the habit you want to adopt. Trying to develop 10 new and different habits at the same time is a waste of time. Focus on just one habit you want to develop. You can always add more habits in the months that follow, preferably after you've mastered a habit.

For now, identify a habit you want to build and write it down. For example, habits you want to cultivate in 2017 might include: waking up at 6 a.m. each morning, working out at the gym every day, reading a book for 30 minutes a day, or writing a 1.000-word article each day. . Of these five habits, you may decide to choose to wake up at 6 a.m. as your first habit. Whatever it is, make sure it's something you can commit to doing every day.

2. Incorporate a schedule into the habit.

Once you have identified your habit, create a schedule for him. This step is very important. It is your schedule that will force you to develop the new habit.

If the habit you want to build in 2017 is to read for 30 minutes every day, What time would you like to read each day? Similarly, if you want to get into the habit of exercising in the gym every day, what time do you want that to happen and for how long?

For example, you can choose to go to the gym at 8 am and train for an hour. This will be the time allotted for this objective.

Success is not going to be easy and it takes hard work before you can achieve the things you want in life.

Are you willing to pay the price?

3. Creating a trigger through the "habit of stacking."

Once you have identified your habit and created your schedule, use the stacking habit method to create a trigger that catapults you into your new habit. The "habit of stacking" is easy to practice. Just insert your new habit before / after an old habit. Your old habit will act as the trigger for the new habit.

For example, If your new habit is reading for 30 minutes each night before bed, here is what you can do:

• "After brushing my teeth, I'm going to read a book for 30 minutes."
• "Before I put on my pajamas, I'm going to read for 30 minutes."
• "Before pecking at night, I'm going to read for 30 minutes."
• "After turning off the computer and the television, I am going to read for 30 minutes."

Every day, I establish a morning ritual. After getting up, I wash up and drink a glass of lemon water. After that, I do some quick stretches and read for 30 minutes.

I have been doing this every day without fail. My day started when I drank a glass of water. Drinking the water is the trigger before doing some stretches. And stretching is the trigger before reading. Each event occurs one after the other as a chain reaction. This is the way to build habits.

4. What is your reward?

In the beginning, people do something because there is a reward. What is the reward you get after working out at the gym? How will I reward myself when I read 30 minutes each day? If you want to develop a habit, you must include a reward.

For example, after you've written a 1.000-word article, have a snack or surf the Internet for X time. My reward after writing an article is having a cup of coffee because I like it. Create something to get your mind motivated.

Rewards can be very powerful in implementing habits, so create small rewards for yourself. Maybe after a while several small prizes can be substituted for a larger reward, like going out one night with friends or going out to dinner at a restaurant with the family.

5. Application of the «Jerry Seinfeld» technique.

What is the first thing you need to do if you want to lose weight? Weigh yourself. Measure is important because, without it, you never know if progress is being made. There is a very simple technique that you can use to measure your recently adopted habit. It's called the Jerry Seinfeld technique.

If you want to know what this curious technique consists of, you can unlock the content by taking a social action.

[sociallocker] Get yourself a calendar and every day after you've successfully done the new habit, draw a big red "X" on the calendar date. Your mission is to continue drawing the big red "X" without breaking the chain. Every time you have finished your 30 minute reading, put a big "X" on your calendar. Every day after you've written a 1.000 article, you'll make use of an "X" on your calendar.

The longer the "X" string, the better. Every time you look at your calendar, you will know that you are progressing. you know you are going to create results, and it is satisfying. This is how the Seinfeld technique works. [/ Sociallocker]

It is a very easy and simple technique to measure your performance, and it is also a very powerful method of making sure you get the job done.

6. One habit per month.

Try to limit your focus on building one good habit per month.

If you follow this method, you will have developed 12 habits in a year. Can you imagine the impact those 12 habits will have on your life?

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