Did you know?

91% of us will not meet our New Year resolutions

- But 9% of us will (according to studies)
- It takes 21 days for a new habit to form.
- 66 days for that behavior to become automatic

1) & one mental model to help you get through it

2) 1st Stop: Discipline > Motivation

- Motivation: (n) The general desire to do.
- Discipline: (v) To train by instruction and exercise.

Motivation only exists as a noun. But discipline is a verb.

In other words, discipline is something you do, motivation comes and goes.

3) 2nd Stop: Valley of Pain

Pain is a good sign. A rite of passage on your way to the promise land.

learn to recognize its demons:

- fear & resistance
- research & productivity tool masterbation
- excuses & illusion of time
- telling others about your goals

4) 3rd Stop: Discipline is not enough, it has to feel good.

Here’s my secret for sticking with anything -

It has to feel good

Discipline metabolizes motivation so that it can get you over the “Valley of Pain” and into the realm of “Feeling Good”

Dopamine leads to habits

5) How’s it possible to like something you initially didn’t enjoy?

Mood follows action.

When we're feeling down, the best thing we can do to change our mental state is to change our physical state

Behavior 1st - thoughts, feelings & perceptions follow

https://bit.ly/2KL7toh 

6) 4th Stop: Habit -> Identity

Disciplined actions -> habits w/ the the balm of dopamine. Their summation become our identity

@JamesClear: "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."

Self- actualization = motivation to start the process again

7) "When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy.

You can be satisfied anytime your system is running."

Goodluck my friends

full post below https://wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/-wellness-wisdom-vol31-a-mental-model