PCI Weekly Issue #7: Habits
Make Them Work for You Instead of Against You
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Samuel Johnson
Welcome to another issue of PCI Weekly, the newsletter that helps you become more powerful, creative, and influential in life and business through the study and application of NLP, Personal Development, and related disciplines.
This week’s newsletter is all about habits. Our habits have a profound effect on our lives whether we realize it or not. Almost everything we do on a recurring basis is governed by some kind of habit. For example, tying your shoes is the result of habit. Also, driving, doing your job, exercising, speaking, etc. are grounded in habits.
Our brain creates habits as a kind of mental shortcut. When we do something repeatedly, our brain picks up on this and automates it to the point that it becomes unconscious. However, our brain has no way of filtering for positive or negative habits. This is what causes us to engage in self-destructive behaviors even though we may be consciously aware that the habit is doing more harm than good.
In this week’s issue, we’re going to share with you some of the best articles on the web on the subject of habits. Each article will tackle habits from a different perspective and viewpoint as well as offer tools, tips, and strategies to create habits that help you become your best self.
Here are the articles we’ll be sharing:
The Habits Guide: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
What Does It Really Take to Build a New Habit?
The Science of Habits
Let’s dive in.
The Habits Guide: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Habits are the small decisions and actions that shape your life. They can make you happier, healthier, and more successful - or they can hold you back from achieving your goals. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how habits work, how to change them, and how to stick to them. You’ll also discover the best strategies and resources for forming better habits and breaking bad ones in any area of life. Whether you want to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or improve your productivity, this guide will help you transform your habits and your life.
Click here to read the full guide: The Habits Guide
What Does It Really Take to Build a New Habit?
We all have habits that we want to develop or maintain, whether it’s exercising, meditating, reading, or writing. But how do we turn these behaviors into automatic and effortless actions? In this article, you’ll learn the difference between a habit and a routine, and how to use the latter to create the former. You’ll also discover some practical tips on how to set realistic intentions, prepare for roadblocks, support your efforts with nudges, and be compassionate with yourself. If you want to improve your work, relationships, and mental health by building positive habits, this article is for you.
Click here to read the full article: What Does It Really Take to Build a New Habit?
The Science of Habits
Think habits are hard to create or change? Not if you use the research.
Habits are automatic behaviors that we do without thinking, and they make up a large part of our daily actions. But how do we form new habits or change old ones? In this blog post, Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D., a behavioral psychologist and author, explains the science behind habit formation and gives some practical tips on how to create or change habits using classical conditioning, small actions, physical cues, and more. If you want to learn how to make habits easy and effective, check out this post.
Click here to read the full article: The Science of Habits