Counterproductive habits or behaviors come in many shapes and sizes. They also have different impacts on a person. The worst habits are the ones that are subtle, and gradually sap away your motivation and capacity.
Subtle habits that slow your capacity:
- Poor sleep habits
- A focus on overspending
- Negative thinking
- Unwholesome thoughts
- Conflict with others
- Deep animosity
- Holding onto anger
- Obsessing over details
- Not getting results
Little by little, these behaviors erode our best efforts. They dull our senses, and waste valuable talents. They are time stealers, and suck our internal resources away.
Letting Go:
The hardest part of giving up an unproductive aspect of ourselves is the perceived comfort we get from engaging these behaviors.
As one colleague stated: “We love what we hate, and hate what we love.”
Ways to power through:
We begin moving through at the very moment we decide we don’t want these problem behaviors to define us any longer.
Taking the short and long views around change:
The Short View: What can I stop doing today? This the list of immediate actions we have in our grasp.
The Long View: What repeated daily habits do I need to incorporate to see better results? The long view is where we look at the growth factors around our change:
- What we need to put into building new skill sets
- Who we need to forgive
- Forgiving ourselves
- Changing specific target habits
- Engaging health
- Changing our methods
Whatever the long view, it is a mission of sorts, and one that requires navigation and a daily commitment.
Questions For Today—
- What 3 behaviors can I stop today?
- Can I make a long term plan to change, and begin today?
Reaching A Higher Level 