Good morning and welcome to the 5 a.m. Miracle, episode number 623, Breaking Bad Habits,

How to Pivot Towards What You Want. I am Jeff Sanders, and you have reached the podcast that is

dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast. I am a keynote speaker and corporate trainer,

and to learn more about those options, head over to jeffsanders.com slash speaking.

Now, in the episode this week, I'll break down why focusing on the new habits you want to adopt

is often the best strategy for ditching your worst habits, how you can simplify

the process of habit change without enormous pain or difficulty, and which habits make the biggest

difference in how you feel and get things done every day. Let's dig right in.

Thank you. every day. Let's dig right in. So recently in my life, I have made some really great habit improvements.

Or to clarify that, I have gone back to really great habits that I used to have,

and I kind of got out of sync with some great habits that I had. Let's go back a few months.

I had some really awful long-term winter illnesses, just some of those that you catch a virus

and you just can't let it go. I had two of those

back to back this winter, followed by hernia surgery. Yay. So my life in the last three, four

months has been a lot. And my goal was to figure out, okay, I know this is a tough season. I know that tough season to happen.

I know that I love great healthy habits and I can get back to them. But I want to get back to

them in a better way. I want to be able to kind of reinvent myself with habits that are going to

stick around. And this is the real big challenge

that I've not yet been tested on. Can I create new habits that work when things are going well

and even when things are not? This is possible, though very challenging. And so one thing I've

really focused on is asking that question, how can I create

sustainable habits for the long term? And I mean long term not just for decades to come, but also

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