In this week’s episode we’re tackling the subject of habits with the second letter of the PROCESS acronym, R: Repeat It & Reap.
What You’ll Hear:
- “We become what we repeatedly do” Sean Covey
- As the story of the Christmas ham so delightfully illustrates, we easily go through the motions and do things we’ve always done…because, well, we’ve always done them. Not because they’re necessarily the best, wisest, healthiest, or most efficient way to do things.
- Practice does not in fact make perfect…it makes permanent. Which begs the question…what is it we’re practicing – and embedding – in our daily lives?
- Our small daily habits matter more than any big fancy thing we may occasionally accomplish. It’s the consistency with which we do things that packs the punch.
- You have more authority and are more powerful than you may realize – and no one can change, shape or mold your life the way you can. And habits are at the root of much of the life we create; both good and bad.
- While we tend to make small commitments to big changes, our minds and bodies respond better to big commitments to small changes.
- Our very lives – and legacies – are the result of the thousands of little choices we make throughout the day. Often without thinking.
- Rather than focusing on the bad habits you want to get rid of, choose to focus on the good habits you want to implement can build momentum and produce faster results.
- When we introduce small, but pivotal, habits into our lives as non-negotiables that we’re willfully going to do for long enough to make them habit – they become a part of how we do life. And, praise God, they get easier.
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” Aristotle
Quick Links from Episode 21:
- Ann Voskamp delivered an amazing message (including a part where she talked about the act of turning our faces to Jesus, rather than our habit of turning to Facebook), at IF:Gathering 2017.
- The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- The Slight Edge by Jeff Olsen
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Simply Green Smoothies
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Food for Thought:
- What simple practice could you start doing today, and commit to for the next 30 days, that your future self will thank you for?
- What small bad habit could you remove from your daily life that would reap a big reward over time?
Quote + Free Print:
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten” Henry Ford
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