Comments on: 12 Habits in 2006

By: varnam

varnam — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:14:27 +0000

Keep Those Resolutions…

4000 years back Babylonians started the New Year by paying off debts and bringing back borrowed goods. In Rome, the New Year was considered a time to expunge old ills and set a pattern for the next twelve months. Every……

By: John

John — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:55:37 +0000

Hi Roberta,

Thanks for your comment. I am putting together an upcoming series on habits and goals later this month where we’ll take a look at the process of developing habits that stick. I’ve learned a lot about this over the last year… some habits come easy, some are easy to start but hard to stick with, and some are downright hard to implement. I’ve found a few things that work for me and a lot of collected wisdom from around the blog-o-sphere Stay tuned.

John

By: Roberta

Roberta — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:06:45 +0000

Ok it’s been 7 months. Have you an update on this habit-a-month plan?

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Roxy and the Ghost Hands » Blog Archive » SLOW DOWN — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:53:09 +0000

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By: 12 habits in 2006 « Rites of Passage

12 habits in 2006 « Rites of Passage — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:57:22 +0000

[...] January 11th, 2006 This seems like a pretty reasonable way to go about things: Success Begins Today – 12 Habits in 2006 My first habit for this year is to go to the gym an average of three times a week. I will continue to keep in mind my other “resolutions” through the rest of the month, but this is the one I’m dedicating myself to. [...]

By: South Bank Projects

South Bank Projects — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:22:41 +0000

12 New Habits in 2006…

Lifehacker’s Retro Roundup pointed me to a great article on creating 12 new habits each year by tackling one every month. John Richardson put into practice the same strategy that I wrote about yesterday [Small Victories], creating small projects that…

By: New Year Resolutions Blog » Archives » Why New Year’s resolutions fail

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:43:15 +0000

[...] Lack of discipline I think lack of discipline is fundamentally intertwined with procrastination. Procrastination is essentially the inability to discipline yourself to do something now, so it lines right up discipline problems. Unfortunately, there’s no magical way to combat lack of discipline or procrastination–the only thing that will work is developing some discipline. It can help, however, to think about developing discipline in small chunks. Make discipline easier by breaking it down into steps. Instead of saying “I want to lose 40 pounds” (a pretty ambitious goal), think “I want to lose 5 pounds first. To do this, I can ignore at least one snack craving per day and walk a mile at lunch instead of sitting at my desk or driving to a fast food joint.” Small behavior changes like these require minimal discipline but will definitely help you keep your resolution. This type of behavior planning and positive habit forming brings us to the #3 culprit for resolution failure… [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:17:17 +0000

Hi John,

You and your readers may be interested in the work I’m doing on the good habits students need and how they can acquire them. You can have a look at my blog, here. I’ve added a comment mentioning your post.

Best wishes,

Eric

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