When you're trying to create a new habit, without a doubt, one morning you're going to wake up and say... I'm too tired. I don't feel good. I'm too busy. I don't have time. There a hundred different reasons that all boil down to... I don't wanna! That's perfectly normal, and when that happens, this is the strategy you want to turn to. This is the strategy that will keep the fire of your new habit alive. I call it the Minimum Requirement Strategy and you can learn about it in the Continue Reading
Growing Your Willpower
People often ask me if some people have more willpower than others, and yes, that may be true. But everyone can increase the amount of willpower they have available. In this video, I talk about 3 things you can do to grow the size of your willpower tank. Continue Reading
Should I Schedule My New Habit
It’s tempting when you’re beginning a new habit to put a reminder on your calendar on your phone that gives you a reminder to exercise or to journal or to take your pills. But as a rule, this is not the best way to make a new habit. In this video, I talk about why it's not a great idea and when it is. Continue Reading
Why You Want to Know Why
Why do you want to know why you want to create this new habit? Because the painful reality is that people don’t change because they need to change. They don’t change because they’ve been told they have to change. If that were true, we wouldn’t see people with lung cancer smoking through their tracheotomy holes. In this video, I walk you through a short exercise to discover your why. Continue Reading