10 ways to create better habits in 2023:
1/ Think small
@jamesclear defines âatomic habitsâ as small habits that makes an enormous difference in your life.
Repetitive actions, he says, accumulate and add up in a big way over time.
Donât promise youâre going to read more; instead, commit to reading one page per day.
@jamesclear defines âatomic habitsâ as small habits that makes an enormous difference in your life.
Repetitive actions, he says, accumulate and add up in a big way over time.
Donât promise youâre going to read more; instead, commit to reading one page per day.
2/ Lengthen your timeline
The one habit that makes all other habits possible is patience.
It always takes longer than you think itâs going to take. Thatâs Hofstaderâs law.
If you can practice delayed gratification, youâre almost always going to be more successful.
The one habit that makes all other habits possible is patience.
It always takes longer than you think itâs going to take. Thatâs Hofstaderâs law.
If you can practice delayed gratification, youâre almost always going to be more successful.
4/ Do the important thing first
I donât schedule calls or meetings in the morning. Instead, I write and get outside with my kids first thing.
By prioritizing these important things first, I have already won the day and everything else is extra from there.
I donât schedule calls or meetings in the morning. Instead, I write and get outside with my kids first thing.
By prioritizing these important things first, I have already won the day and everything else is extra from there.
5/ Set a bedtime
Philosopher and writer Arthur Schopenhauer said: âsleep is the source of all health and energy.â
We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves.
If you want to be up and at âem in the morning in 2023, go to sleep.
Philosopher and writer Arthur Schopenhauer said: âsleep is the source of all health and energy.â
We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves.
If you want to be up and at âem in the morning in 2023, go to sleep.
6/ Say no to say yes
I have a memo signed by Harry S. Truman, shortly after he became president.
His secretary wrote to ask if they should start saying no to things with all the demands he had on his schedule.
âThat is the correct responseâ, he wrote back.
I have a memo signed by Harry S. Truman, shortly after he became president.
His secretary wrote to ask if they should start saying no to things with all the demands he had on his schedule.
âThat is the correct responseâ, he wrote back.
7/ Discipline now, freedom later
The famous line from Musonius Rufus was that labor passes quickly but the fruit of labor endures.
When youâre on the fence about going for a long run or working on a big project, remind yourself: the labor will pass, and the rewards will last.
The famous line from Musonius Rufus was that labor passes quickly but the fruit of labor endures.
When youâre on the fence about going for a long run or working on a big project, remind yourself: the labor will pass, and the rewards will last.
8/ Lay out your supplies
When I get to my desk in the morning, my 3 journals are sitting right there. If I want to skip the habit, I have to pick them up and move them.
Youâll be less likely to take the easy way out if itâs embarrassingly simple to do the thing you want to do.
When I get to my desk in the morning, my 3 journals are sitting right there. If I want to skip the habit, I have to pick them up and move them.
Youâll be less likely to take the easy way out if itâs embarrassingly simple to do the thing you want to do.
9/ Create positive peer pressure
Goethe famously said: âShow me who you spend time with and I will show you who you are.â
@jamesclear says: âsurround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself. Youâll rise together.â
Goethe famously said: âShow me who you spend time with and I will show you who you are.â
@jamesclear says: âsurround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself. Youâll rise together.â
10/ Keep coming back
All of us have fallen short in the last year.
But itâs time, Marcus Aurelius says, to ârevert at once to yourself, and donât lose the rhythm more than you can help. Youâll have a better group of harmony if you keep on going back to it.â
All of us have fallen short in the last year.
But itâs time, Marcus Aurelius says, to ârevert at once to yourself, and donât lose the rhythm more than you can help. Youâll have a better group of harmony if you keep on going back to it.â
Thatâs 10 ways to create better habits in 2023.
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