031: Creating Habits: The Formula for Success
The Intentional Advantage
Tanya Dalton
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2017
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Cultivating good habits doesn't happen magically or right away. It's not about disciplining yourself so that you're forcing routines into your life, and that's what so many of us try to do. Today, you'll learn the easy but effective formula for creating habits AND sticking to them. I'm also giving you steps to changing those bad habits you've been wanting to break for so long so that you have more room to focus on your personalized systems and good habits.
What's In This Episode:
• How your brain works differently with discipline versus habits.
• The easy formula for creating habits.
• Real-life examples of how you can get started on creating habits by starting small.
• Top tips for cultivating good habits into great routines.
• Learn how to get rid of those bad habits you've always wanted to change.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inquell Press, a podcast focused on finding true fulfillment and happiness through the power of productivity. |
| 0:09.2 | To get your free checklist, five minutes to peak productivity, simply sign up at inkwellpress.com slash podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton. |
| 0:19.6 | Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton. Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 0:21.4 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, and this is episode 31. |
| 0:28.2 | As you may know, season three is all about designing and creating systems for you. |
| 0:34.8 | And one of my favorite systems is using habits to your advantage, and that's what we're |
| 0:39.9 | going to be talking about today. But before we get started, I want to give a quick shout out to our |
| 0:45.4 | sponsor of today's episode, FreshBooks. FreshBooks helps you streamline your financial situation, |
| 0:52.6 | whether you're a freelancer or an entrepreneur. It's packed |
| 0:56.8 | full of powerful features that are really easy to use, so it takes a stress out of running |
| 1:01.9 | your own business and it boosts your productivity. That helps you spend time on the things that |
| 1:07.6 | matter most to you. I'll be sharing more about fresh books in just a little bit. |
| 1:12.4 | But let's start by talking about habits. So what does that mean when I say habits? Well, |
| 1:19.3 | a habit is a routine of behavior that's repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. So we |
| 1:26.2 | don't really think about it. Basically, it's a repeated, |
| 1:30.0 | unconscious pattern of behavior that you obtain by repeating it. Many people, when they hear |
| 1:36.0 | the word habits, automatically assume bad habits, biting your nails, overeating or snacking |
| 1:41.8 | between meals, or smoking. |
| 1:45.9 | But not all habits are bad. |
| 1:50.1 | I feel like we say that word and everyone thinks about the negative parts. |
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