In this lesson, we cover three incredibly powerful mindset approaches to our habit change.
- Continue to do the habit you’ve been doing this month, looking at it through the lens of what we’re talking about in each lesson
- Mindset approach: Commitment & Decision
- We might decide not to do a habit when we’re not feeling like it
- An advanced skill is to not come from “do I feel like it or not” … and instead coming from a place of commitment, without pushing or forcing ourselves
- Making a decision: practice not arguing with yourself — make a decision for a month, and then don’t let yourself waver from that decision. You just do the act, show up and do the habit. As a practice
- Mindset approach: Deeper Why
- Why do the habit change? Perhaps take care of yourself and make your life better, make you more resilient, do something loving for yourself … this might be your Deeper Why
- But perhaps see if there’s a reason other than yourself … to be a better parent, spouse, friend, coworker; maybe do the habit as an act of service out of caring for many others; it can light you up when you do the habit
- Mindset approach: Anti-fragile mindset
- When we start, we can move from fragile at habits to resilient — by changing beating ourselves up for compassion, for example, or having a No Big Deal attitude
- Anti-fragile: We can get stronger from habit failures and difficulties — we do this through weekly reviews, which will help us to learn and get better and better from all of our mistakes or difficulties