Are you ready to smash your goals?
One of the keys to reaching a new goal is to have habits in place that support that goal. If your current habits are counter-productive, you’ll need to change them to make sure that you achieve the success you desire. And, if you don’t have habits to take you to success, now is the perfect time to decide on some and get going.
How do habits help you reach your goals?
If we use the example of deciding you want to run a marathon: if you don’t already have the habit of running regularly, you’re unlikely to be successful until you can adopt that habit. Running regularly can help you attain your goal in several ways, including getting you in great physical shape and strengthening your endurance.
Developing supportive habits can be easier than you think and far more powerful than you can imagine!
Identify the Habits You Need
Before you create new, positive habits, you’ll want to figure out which habits will help you achieve your goals. For every goal, there are habits that can practically guarantee success. Reflect on your goals and what actions you can take to help bring them about.
Consider these things for the habits you want to implement:
- Look for daily habits. Habits you carry out each day are much easier to put into place and keep than those that are less frequent.
- Keep it simple. The more complex the task, the less likely you are to stick with it. If you really do need to implement a complex habit, start with a simpler version and then add more complexity later.
- Be specific. It’s not enough to just specify what you’re going to do; include the how, when, and where as well. Time is always critical when creating a new habit. Be sure to specify a precise period of time in which you wish to implement the new actions.
As an example, if you’re growing a business “I’m going to spend one 1 hour per day on revenue generating activity” is inadequate. “I’m going spend from 9am to 10am, Monday through Friday on revenue generating activity, specifically contacting 20 leads weekly, creating 10 pieces of nurturing marketing content, etc … “ is more like it. This has enough detail to be quite clear about what you want to accomplish and includes the how, when and where.
Prepare for Obstacles
There are usually obstacles to creating new habits and behavioural patterns. Try to figure out these possibilities ahead of time so you can eliminate them as soon as possible.
The obstacle might be time interference. Maybe your phone is always ringing, or you’ve emails popping into your inbox every few minutes. Turn it all off. If you need to, then simply let people know ahead of time that you’re not available during these times.
Look for More Supporting Habits
When you determine supporting habits that will help you reach your goal, consider going even deeper into the details to find habits that will help you accomplish your other new habits.
For example, if one of your new habits is to be consistent with your marketing and producing nurturing content, you can develop several supporting habits to help you establish this habit, such as:
- At the end of every day note some stand out moments or reflections
- Organise a place or systematic way of recording ideas that come to you throughout the day
These supporting habits are monumentally important. Take time to think about what additional habits you can develop to support your efforts.
Enjoy Automatic Success
Once an action becomes a habit, you’ll do it automatically, without having to make the decision to do it each time. In other words, you’ll automatically move forward, day after day, toward achieving your goal until you reach it.
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Supportive habits have a significant impact on your success. So, consider the habits that will best support your goals, put them into action daily, and enjoy your new success!