struggling with your habits? 3 questions you need to ask yourself

Struggling With Struggling With Your Habits?Your Habits?

QuestionsQuestionsYou Need To

Ask Yourself

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A part of you knows you should A part of you knows you should develop good habitsdevelop good habits……

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…but another part doesn’t want to initiate the effortinitiate the effort.

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What do you do when you don’t feel motivated?

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Ask three powerfulpowerful questionsquestions…

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…To solve almost any motivationmotivation issue you’ll come up against.

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#1“Where will I be in a year and in five years from now, if things don’t changedon’t change?”

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Get a greater perspective on where you’re heading. Trigger

some painful emotionspainful emotions.

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Pain is a powerful motivatorpowerful motivator.

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Discomfort is often what you lack whenever you can’t get yourself

inspired to take actiontake action.

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Look at the consequencesconsequences of your current lack of better habits...

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before things get worse and a more painful realitypainful reality hits you in the face.

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#2#2 “Can I just…?”

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The biggest challenge for most people is just getting startedgetting started.

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We build up the idea in our heads how difficultdifficult something will be...

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...and then find ways to talk ourselves out of it.

You can’t do everything,but you can do anything

one step at a timeone step at a time.

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By starting smallstarting small, you’ll have the momentum to keep going.

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#3“Would I rather?”

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ReactanceReactance – that feeling of wanting to rebel against anyone

telling us what to do.

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The problem: We often boss We often boss ourselves aroundourselves around.

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Present everything as a choicechoice with a “would I rather?” question

instead of a command.

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You’ll find you’ll naturally want to make the better decisionbetter decision.

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