Do you choose to stay stuck?
Dr Sharon King Gabrielides
Enabling corporate leaders and teams to increase their EQ, drive results and face tomorrow's challenges | Award winning speaker CSP, PhD, SAEHoF | L&D Expert | EQ Expert | Exec Coach | Master Facilitator?|?Author
Last week we took?Key Steps To Identify ‘Bad’ Habits . What did you notice? What habit are you going to be replacing this week? You might be surprised to notice how much you have already done just by bringing it into conscious awareness. Awareness is the gateway to self-management and the foundation of emotional intelligence. So, let’s keep going and complete the remaining Key Steps and really…
?‘be the difference that makes the?difference.’
a.??Break the new habit down into manageable chunks.?This is especially important if you are feeling overwhelmed. For example, to eat healthy every week, all I have to do is follow my grocery list and meal prep on a Sunday. Then the habit of eating healthy is very easy, despite my hectic schedule.
b.??Create a reminder to assist in reinforcing the new habit.?For example, you could set an alarm to remind you to stretch, stop working at a particular time, drink a glass of water every hour and so on. I ensure that all my priorities are in my diary, or I know they might not happen in my busy schedule. In other words, schedule your priorities and don’t rely solely on your memory, especially at first, as your old habits are so hardwired. You need to deliberately and consistently interrupt the old pattern.
c.??Don’t just try to stop something but rather replace your destructive habits with something good for you. Because Because life is conducive to repetition, the same behaviour that created your old habit might help you replace it. For example, put a 2 litre of water where your kettle is and then when you make coffee (or instead of coffee), drink a large glass of water. Don’t buy sugary snacks but replace them with healthier ones instead – I find online shopping make this easier to do and I am not standing in a queue next to loads of sweets. Swap refined carbs for low GI ones or sugar for suitable alternatives. I have such a sweet tooth; there is no way I could stop eating sweet things but I have had to find suitable replacements for whole slabs of chocolate! ??
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Just start one day – maybe one hour – at a time and champion the change because living your best life is worth it. Being true your highest purpose and deepest potential is worth it. Because you are worth it. And if you are struggling or falter, know that you are normal – very normal. When making certain life changes, we all need help at times. Me too. There have been many changes, like being hard on myself, that took work with a professional coach to really shift. Getting a coach, whether it is a gym coach, dietician, life coach and/or business coach, isn’t a sign of weakness or failure but a sign of wisdom. It’s the clever thing to do. Having an accountability partner and someone to support you through the transition can accelerate change and/or ensure sustainable change so you can keep taking the Key Steps needed to…
‘be the difference that makes the?difference.’?
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