Tag: habit

Find a reason

Posted on by philipdodson

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Often in life, we have developed this habit of finding reason’s not to do something.

This fear-driven mentality is part of the hard-wired protective mechanism that our limbic ‘chimp’ brain uses to stop us being exposed to risk.

What if we simply turned that on its head and searched for reasons to do something? Similar to catching people doing something right, instead of always trying to catch others doing something wrong.

Imagine the possibilities if we found a reason why we could do something.

Find a reason to do the things that matter in life and stop searching for reasons to hide.

After all, it is just a habit and what you choose to look for.

Change isn’t easy

Posted on by philipdodson

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Whatever it is in our lives that we are trying to change the journey is not an easy one.

It is going to require accepting things about ourselves, it is going to need commitment, it is going to be hard work.

There will be setbacks and times when you questions whether or not it is worth it. Perhaps you were OK anyway and didn’t need to change.

Others will try to derail you, you may even lose people along the way as you change as a person.

You might not make the change you wanted.

However, more often you will make it if you stick at it.

Changing something is a hugely liberating and meaningful thing to do. Doing nothing has no joy.

The reality is, to never try to change is longer term much harder and once you have put the hard work into making one change, other changes come much easier. It becomes a habit.

Better always to try something than to never try at all no matter how challenging.

After all always doing the same will always bring the same outcome.