Creating Positive Habit Loops
You’ve probably heard by now about my Radically Different NLP Money Mindset Rewrite program. It’s a 21-day program that drips encouragement to help you reset your money mindset.
I’ve been getting some great feedback so far. Here’s what I see the most: It’s difficult for people to stick with the program. It’s hard to create new habits!
Sometimes we get bored with a new habit. Or we forget why we wanted to install a new habit in the first place. Or we just get tired and want to do something familiar and comforting instead.
We have to decide that what we want is more important than staying in the same old thinking and behavioral patterns. You know, the behavioral patterns that are comfortable — the ones that got us where we are right now.
To support you in establishing new habits…
- Clearly identify what you want using only positive language.
- Ask youself…
- Who do I have to be to live that way or get that outcome?
- What beliefs and attitudes do I need to adopt to make this happen?
- What routines would be in my ideal self’s daily experience?
- What actions would I need to take to get there?
- What am I doing now that doesn’t align with and support what I want?
- Choose one small habit that you can start doing right now.
If you’re trying to break a bad habit, identify the triggers that lead to the habitual action. Becoming aware of the triggers is half the battle! When we’re aware of internal strategies and external cues, we can choose to interrupt the old patterns we want to break.
It’s essential to build in rewards for yourself along the way.
- If breaking a habit, give yourself a little reward each time you recognize the old triggers and choose a more supportive action.
- If you're adopting a new habit and feeling bored or frustrated, honor those nudges. Rather than pushing through, take a brief 10-15 minute break and do something supportive and pleasurable. Decide ahead of time on 3 to 5 different, fun activities that you can engage in during these times. This will interrupt the old pattern and will link pleasure with your new goal. Remind the unconscious mind what it feels like to complete the things you want to do.
Before long, you will have created the habits that will support you in achieving what you want. You’ve got this!
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