3172: 7 Strategies for Effective Daily Habits by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Personal Development & Self-Help

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[00:00:54] Optimal Living Daily Episode 3172 Seven Strategies for Effective Daily Habits

[00:01:07] by Anthony Nguero of BreakTheTWitch.com and I'm Justin Malik, your personal narrator reading

[00:01:12] to you every day including holidays from the best blogs or articles I can find.

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[00:01:39] Seven Strategies for Effective Daily Habits by Anthony Nguero of BreakTheTWitch.com

[00:01:45] It's safe to say that we all have habits we'd like to change in at least one area

[00:01:49] of our lives.

[00:01:50] With each day that passes it becomes more of an uphill battle and it's not entirely

[00:01:55] our fault.

[00:01:56] Entrepreneurs and app startups are chasing big paydays by attempting to reduce the effort

[00:02:01] required for us to do just about everything.

[00:02:04] Whether it's calling a cab with Lyft or getting packages delivered from Amazon, most things

[00:02:08] take significantly less effort than they used to.

[00:02:12] Yep, technology is making us lazier.

[00:02:14] That race to the bottom of required effort in the tech industry can be completely

[00:02:18] destructive.

[00:02:20] To start and sustain a new habit that requires increased motivation comparatively takes more

[00:02:25] effort than ever.

[00:02:27] It doesn't make it any better that we're starting to get used to instant gratification

[00:02:30] from our efforts as well.

[00:02:32] I found that one of the most effective ways to make any substantial change is to start

[00:02:36] by implementing small, easy to tackle actions and then building from there.

[00:02:41] Pick something you want to work on and then break it down into one of the smallest

[00:02:45] possible denominations.

[00:02:47] While I'm certainly not perfect, there are some strategies that have helped me continue

[00:02:51] on with my daily habit journey.

[00:02:53] While one small action every day may seem insignificant, it is the enduring nature

[00:02:58] of this strategy that actually makes it substantially better.

[00:03:01] With that in mind, here are seven strategies to build effective daily

[00:03:05] habits that you can start right now.

[00:03:08] Strategies for effective daily habits.

[00:03:11] Start smaller.

[00:03:13] The best way to establish a habit is beginning with something that you can

[00:03:16] 100% absolutely do every single day.

[00:03:20] It might feel pointless when you're doing five push-ups per day, but your ability to

[00:03:24] knock it out every day is what matters.

[00:03:26] It takes about 60 days for a habit to become part of your brain's expected routine.

[00:03:31] Keep it small in the beginning.

[00:03:33] It's more important to do the action than to have the action be effective during

[00:03:37] that time.

[00:03:39] Don't miss two days.

[00:03:41] We all have mishaps or days when things simply don't happen.

[00:03:44] In fact, it's not the first miss that matters.

[00:03:46] It's the second one.

[00:03:48] Once you drop a habit, it's actually harder to restart it than it is to start out in

[00:03:52] the first place.

[00:03:54] If you miss a day, knock it out and get back on track.

[00:03:57] Don't let two days pass without continuing your habit.

[00:04:01] Know thyself.

[00:04:03] Your brain is going to try to trick you.

[00:04:04] It will try to tell you it's okay to skip a day in that you don't need

[00:04:07] your daily habit.

[00:04:08] You're going to be too tired or simply not want to spend the tiny amount of

[00:04:12] time required to achieve it.

[00:04:14] Know that this will come and know that you will conquer it and you will succeed.

[00:04:20] Don't talk about it.

[00:04:22] If you told your partner, your friends or even social media that you're going to

[00:04:26] do something and then don't, stop talking about it.

[00:04:29] I'm guilty of this myself saying and doing are worlds apart and talking

[00:04:33] about your goals can discredit them.

[00:04:35] Take the energy that goes into talking about what you're going to do and

[00:04:38] apply it to doing something towards it.

[00:04:41] Take action.

[00:04:42] Be living proof of what's possible.

[00:04:45] Stack existing habits.

[00:04:47] What's something that you do every single day?

[00:04:49] Hopefully brushing your teeth or something else of that nature.

[00:04:53] Utilize this established habit to cue the next action you want to build so

[00:04:57] you execute them sequentially.

[00:05:00] In the book Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg writes about how having a habit

[00:05:03] trigger that already occurs in your day can significantly increase the

[00:05:07] stickiness of your new habit.

[00:05:09] Stack with an established routine and you increase your odds of success.

[00:05:14] Start with one.

[00:05:16] When you're starting out making lifestyle changes, don't try to change

[00:05:19] everything at once.

[00:05:21] In the four hour body, Tim Ferriss insists that his readers don't start

[00:05:25] an exercise routine until you've been working on diet for almost two months.

[00:05:30] If you're attempting to juggle too many balls, one will fall and

[00:05:33] cause a chain reaction.

[00:05:35] Stick to one or two focus areas and knock them out of the park

[00:05:39] until they become routine.

[00:05:41] Forget the goal.

[00:05:43] This is a tricky one, but work on establishing a system instead of focusing

[00:05:46] on a particular goal.

[00:05:48] If you can establish a system that is likely to net the result you want,

[00:05:52] it will help you swing through the punch.

[00:05:54] What I mean by that is if you're dieting to lose and eventually hit a

[00:05:57] goal weight, people often let go of the system they created in order to

[00:06:01] get there.

[00:06:02] This causes the old habits to return and the weight to come back.

[00:06:06] Don't aim for a particular goal.

[00:06:08] Aim for the daily actions that will get you there and beyond.

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[00:07:24] And thank you to Anthony.

[00:07:25] Great tips.

[00:07:26] You can check out his newsletter at BreakTheTwitch.com for more inspiration.

[00:07:30] Lately he's been taking on coding in Python as a hobby,

[00:07:33] so I'm sure he's using these tactics himself to build it into a daily habit,

[00:07:37] wishing him best of luck there.

[00:07:38] But I'll leave it there for today.

[00:07:39] Have a great rest of your day, and I'll see you tomorrow with a post from Colin Wright,

[00:07:43] where your optimal life awaits.