We tend to think of habits as bad. We want to break them or overcome them. That's what New Year's Resolutions are all about, usually.
Yet, habits can be good. In fact, most successful people have turned their skills into habits. They repeatedly do the things that will make them more productive and more profitable.
We can all develop positive habits. Here are just a few:
Yet, habits can be good. In fact, most successful people have turned their skills into habits. They repeatedly do the things that will make them more productive and more profitable.
We can all develop positive habits. Here are just a few:
Getting up early
Reading
Planning
Reflective imagination
Certain routines unique to your job
Smiling more
Positive greeting when meeting someone
Sending thank you cards or handwritten notes
I'm reminded of that great quotation from Charles Reade: “Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
What can you turn into a positive habit?
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Reading
Planning
Reflective imagination
Certain routines unique to your job
Smiling more
Positive greeting when meeting someone
Sending thank you cards or handwritten notes
I'm reminded of that great quotation from Charles Reade: “Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
What can you turn into a positive habit?
Follow me on Twitter. Check out our resource page.
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