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Getting Gritty, pt. 2

4. Cultivate Habits for Success.

All of our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits. – William James

What do we know? (Charles Duhigg)

  • Habits form because the brain is always looking for short-cuts
  • Your brain can’t tell the difference between good and bad habits
  • Duke researchers found that as much as 40% of our day is dictated by habits, NOT decisions
  • Cue> Routine > Reward Cycle
  • Keystone Habits are the most important habits we deveope
  • Keystone Habits are the foundation on which we build all other little habits and our lives on

What do we do?

  • Habits can be changed
  • Figure out the reward you are wanting
  • Notice the cue and find the new routine
  • Write it down
    • Keep a journal
  • Get accountability
  • Willpower is the most important Keystone Habit
  • Be patient… change is hard, uncomfortable and takes time

5. View failure as a pathway to success.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – JFK
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. – CS Lewis

Fear of failure stops us from trying, what if we instead used failure as a way to measure success?

Vulnerability is a key to healthy relationships, overcoming failure, innovation and creativity (in other words, vulnerability actually makes us grittier).

 

This material used with permission from a research presentation organized and developed by Sarah Ritter, LMSW, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work
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