We get used to good things quickly. Well, quickly, I said
It is bad habits that prevent poor people from getting rich - this is the conclusion made by experts from Brown University. They conducted a large-scale study, which took 5 years. This is not about overeating, smoking or brushing your teeth on holidays. Everything is much more serious.
According to the results of the study, the following were recognized as bad habits that hinder getting rich:
• The second job (poor people do not invest, they get a regular job).
• Tote (oh, this indestructible thirst for winning).
• Reading books only for pleasure (the rich often read literature for career and professional growth).
• Loans (judging by research, rich people are less likely to take loans, preferring to buy something simpler).
• Letting the budget run “drift-free” (only 20% of the poor control their spending, trying to clean up the finances. Among the rich, this is 84%).
• Do not save savings (the rich do not always save a lot, but regularly).
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Habit is an established mode of behavior, a well-learned action, in which a person experiences a constant need. Habits bring us closer to our goal or away from it. Thanks to the habit of not smoking, leaving the house, you are still a little closer to the goal of "being healthy", and with the help of revising the products before the cash register you reach the goal of "saving money".
I repent, I have a lot of bad habits, ranging from the "night before" and ending with the lack of control of spending in the supermarket. But I try to deal with them, replacing the harmful ones with the useful ones. And not because from all the public and LiveJournal they shout: “Form good habits in 21 days, it's cool!”. And because I want to achieve their goals .
Six steps to creating good habits
To form a good habit, you need:
1. Analyze the existing habits and determine what changes are needed.
2. Make sure that the new habit will help achieve the goal.
3. Formulate habits clearly, specifically.
4. Identify supportive or companion habits.
5. Make a public commitment.
6. Find like-minded people or a partner.
And now a little more.
Step one. Analyze your good and bad habits in 3-5 days. Ask yourself the questions: “Why am I doing this now?”, “How can I do it differently?”. For example, if you are going to sit imposingly in a chair, holding chips in one hand, in the other - a remote control, slow down. If you want to just eat chips, then eat them in the kitchen and only then turn on the football.
Step two. Your habit must reach the goal. Why do you want to quit smoking? Why has your menu suddenly stopped including buns, pizza and fast food? These are the goals: health and beauty. Therefore, forming a habit, always keep in mind the ultimate goal, the final result. Ask yourself: “What daily habit will help make my goal a fait accompli?
The goals set by SmartProgress participants are to create useful habits: download a press daily, write 10 pages of a book, learn Java programming for half an hour. And the very writing of the report also becomes a good habit.
Step three . Formulate precise and specific habits. Do not "do physical exercises every day," but "Exercise from 7.30 to 8.00 daily." Just do not expect instant results - it takes time to introduce new habits and this is not always only 3 weeks. The more complex the habit, the more time it forms. For 21 days, you can train yourself to drink a glass of water on an empty stomach, and for jogging in the mornings, you may need more than a month.
Step Four . Identify supportive habits. What behavior will support your new actions? For example, you create a habit every Sunday to buy healthy products for the whole week. Immediately form the habit of cooking at home every day (to avoid the temptation to stick your teeth into a hamburger at McDonalds) and then you calmly adhere to the principles of proper nutrition.
Step five . Make a public commitment. This is an effective additional incentive, since by announcing the formation of a new habit in social networks, on thematic forums or SmartProgress, it will be more difficult for you to abandon your plans. Such an artificial increase in responsibility will serve as a kind of control. Want to complicate the task? Then argue with someone that you bring the job started to the end. For example, in SmartProgress there is a word price in monetary terms. I will read professional literature every day to improve my qualifications - and hop, five thousand froze! BUT? What is it like? In the words of Steve Pavlina, a popular foreign blogger, “add a stick to the gingerbread.”
Step Six. Find a partner. Getting away from daily activities is much easier if you are accountable only to yourself. But when at 6 am the bell rang: “I'm already at the stadium, waiting for you, grab a dumbbell”, then willy-nilly you crawl out from under the blanket (and the cat). This is our psychology that we rarely miss meetings if it causes inconvenience to another person.
A habit will become a character trait if:
• You clearly understand the need for habits.
• Your new activities fit well into the lifestyle and are supported by the environment.
• Soon visible results appear (weight is lost, less often it pulls up smoking, you are less distracted while working).
Want to be successful? Change your habits and move forward!
According to the results of the study, the following were recognized as bad habits that hinder getting rich:
• The second job (poor people do not invest, they get a regular job).
• Tote (oh, this indestructible thirst for winning).
• Reading books only for pleasure (the rich often read literature for career and professional growth).
• Loans (judging by research, rich people are less likely to take loans, preferring to buy something simpler).
• Letting the budget run “drift-free” (only 20% of the poor control their spending, trying to clean up the finances. Among the rich, this is 84%).
• Do not save savings (the rich do not always save a lot, but regularly).
')
Habit is an established mode of behavior, a well-learned action, in which a person experiences a constant need. Habits bring us closer to our goal or away from it. Thanks to the habit of not smoking, leaving the house, you are still a little closer to the goal of "being healthy", and with the help of revising the products before the cash register you reach the goal of "saving money".
I repent, I have a lot of bad habits, ranging from the "night before" and ending with the lack of control of spending in the supermarket. But I try to deal with them, replacing the harmful ones with the useful ones. And not because from all the public and LiveJournal they shout: “Form good habits in 21 days, it's cool!”. And because I want to achieve their goals .
Six steps to creating good habits
To form a good habit, you need:
1. Analyze the existing habits and determine what changes are needed.
2. Make sure that the new habit will help achieve the goal.
3. Formulate habits clearly, specifically.
4. Identify supportive or companion habits.
5. Make a public commitment.
6. Find like-minded people or a partner.
And now a little more.
Step one. Analyze your good and bad habits in 3-5 days. Ask yourself the questions: “Why am I doing this now?”, “How can I do it differently?”. For example, if you are going to sit imposingly in a chair, holding chips in one hand, in the other - a remote control, slow down. If you want to just eat chips, then eat them in the kitchen and only then turn on the football.
Step two. Your habit must reach the goal. Why do you want to quit smoking? Why has your menu suddenly stopped including buns, pizza and fast food? These are the goals: health and beauty. Therefore, forming a habit, always keep in mind the ultimate goal, the final result. Ask yourself: “What daily habit will help make my goal a fait accompli?
The goals set by SmartProgress participants are to create useful habits: download a press daily, write 10 pages of a book, learn Java programming for half an hour. And the very writing of the report also becomes a good habit.
Step three . Formulate precise and specific habits. Do not "do physical exercises every day," but "Exercise from 7.30 to 8.00 daily." Just do not expect instant results - it takes time to introduce new habits and this is not always only 3 weeks. The more complex the habit, the more time it forms. For 21 days, you can train yourself to drink a glass of water on an empty stomach, and for jogging in the mornings, you may need more than a month.
Step Four . Identify supportive habits. What behavior will support your new actions? For example, you create a habit every Sunday to buy healthy products for the whole week. Immediately form the habit of cooking at home every day (to avoid the temptation to stick your teeth into a hamburger at McDonalds) and then you calmly adhere to the principles of proper nutrition.
Step five . Make a public commitment. This is an effective additional incentive, since by announcing the formation of a new habit in social networks, on thematic forums or SmartProgress, it will be more difficult for you to abandon your plans. Such an artificial increase in responsibility will serve as a kind of control. Want to complicate the task? Then argue with someone that you bring the job started to the end. For example, in SmartProgress there is a word price in monetary terms. I will read professional literature every day to improve my qualifications - and hop, five thousand froze! BUT? What is it like? In the words of Steve Pavlina, a popular foreign blogger, “add a stick to the gingerbread.”
Step Six. Find a partner. Getting away from daily activities is much easier if you are accountable only to yourself. But when at 6 am the bell rang: “I'm already at the stadium, waiting for you, grab a dumbbell”, then willy-nilly you crawl out from under the blanket (and the cat). This is our psychology that we rarely miss meetings if it causes inconvenience to another person.
A habit will become a character trait if:
• You clearly understand the need for habits.
• Your new activities fit well into the lifestyle and are supported by the environment.
• Soon visible results appear (weight is lost, less often it pulls up smoking, you are less distracted while working).
Want to be successful? Change your habits and move forward!
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/299678/
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