You listened to a great TED Talk, read an inspiring book / article, or watched a motivational video. Youโre inspired to start practicing everything that was advocated. You start, you persevere and you succeed ๐! Sadly, that's not the way things unfold in real life ๐. The reality is that when you start big, you will go only so far as your motivation lasts. Which is not too far because motivation isn't constant; it wavers, wanes, and may rise back as well. This cycle continues. Instead, when you want to start new behaviors: 1) Find an already existing routine that you can piggy back on - use that as the anchor which will remind you to do your new desired behavior 2) Scale down the new behavior - make it small and easy 3) Celebrate - do something that makes you feel truly positive from within You can scale up when you feel you're ready. Which habit have you been thinking of starting?
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