I’m always banging on about the power of habit. Habits are at the root of all outcomes… good or bad because habit is the power that repeats behavior.

But habits can be so subtle and automatic, even unconscious that it’s difficult to see clearly JUST how powerful they are.

So try this…

Get the clock or watch that you look at twenty times a day and stick it in a drawer for 3 weeks. If you want to know the time, you can go look in the drawer :-) You’ll be amazed what happens and the power of habit will be laid bare.

I did this a while back because we were moving some stuff around and the clock had to be moved into another room. This is the clock I always look at when I need to know the time. Continue reading “HABIT POWER laid bare” →

Paul asks…

“I saw a website yesterday and from the looks of it, exercise and dietary habits can be classified as neurotic compulsions. What’s the difference between unhealthy and neurotic compulsions and healthy habits?”

Our human minds are wired for conditioned responses.

This is of course, essential. Otherwise we’d need to learn to walk, speak, dress, etc every day.

Unfortunately, these conditioned responses don’t always serve our best interests…

At best, they can keep us in bad habits for years. At worst, they can manifest as neuroses or obsessive compulsions. Exercise and dietary habits are definitely not neurotic compulsions in themselves :-)

They’re simply examples of symptoms that can point to an underlying obsessive tendency. Continue reading “What’s the difference between a neurotic compulsion and a healthy habit?” →

Why is it, that with so much health information easily available to us, we aren’t getting the health and vitality we deserve?

The simple answer is that in general, we know what we need to change.

We might be a bit hazy on the finer details, due to the confusing messages sent out by the health information industry.

But even so, we know we should exercise, eat more fruit and vegetables and so-on.

We know why too. We want to feel like we did when we were kids. Endless amounts of energy to spend! We want to feel good about ourselves. And we want to be attractive, happy, fun-loving, life-loving people…

The missing link is HOW!

Somehow we lose focus, or don’t have enough will-power. Sometimes we can get started but can’t sustain our efforts and so-on. Whatever the reasons, the statistics tell a sobering tale… Continue reading “How to break bad habits and develop good habits” →