Comments on: Habits, Olympic Thoughts, and Musings http://blog.gems4friends.com/2008/08/26/habits-olympic-thoughts-and-musings/ Discussing tipics that the mainstream health system probably doesn't Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:10:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: What's Holding You Back? http://blog.gems4friends.com/2008/08/26/habits-olympic-thoughts-and-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-2852 What's Holding You Back? Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:57:21 +0000 http://blog.gems4friends.com/?p=100#comment-2852 [...] to get past a few issues to move on. Fear holds us back, not the “other guy.” Fear is a habit and if we can get past the fear we can move far beyond where ever we are [...] [...] to get past a few issues to move on. Fear holds us back, not the “other guy.” Fear is a habit and if we can get past the fear we can move far beyond where ever we are [...]

]]> By: Colleen Lilly http://blog.gems4friends.com/2008/08/26/habits-olympic-thoughts-and-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-2832 Colleen Lilly Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:57:32 +0000 http://blog.gems4friends.com/?p=100#comment-2832 We all could use good Olympic habits in our life! We all could use good Olympic habits in our life!

]]> By: Power Of Habit http://blog.gems4friends.com/2008/08/26/habits-olympic-thoughts-and-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 Power Of Habit Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:52:56 +0000 http://blog.gems4friends.com/?p=100#comment-2831 Habit gets us down in all ares of life, bad eating is a habit as is too much TV. We can change our lives by just making small habit adjustments, sticking to it until it is a habit. Giving up is a habit! Habit gets us down in all ares of life, bad eating is a habit as is too much TV. We can change our lives by just making small habit adjustments, sticking to it until it is a habit. Giving up is a habit!

]]> By: Habit Guide http://blog.gems4friends.com/2008/08/26/habits-olympic-thoughts-and-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-2830 Habit Guide Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:54:03 +0000 http://blog.gems4friends.com/?p=100#comment-2830 Hi Greg, thanks for the link to Habit Guide. You're spot on -- skills are really just complex habits. It's the same part of the brain that's being used. Mike gives this example in Habit Guide: A dancer consciously learns her routine, but once she's on stage, it's all pretty much all automatic. Our lives are larger scale versions of this. Most of us have pretty much the same routine that we follow every day. This has it's advantages of course. But because our brains are "geared up" for this habit-based behavior, we can find ourselves doing the same unhealthy things for years on end. Without the right knowledge, habits are very hard to shift. But of course, in time, good habits become just as automatic as bad ones. As you mentioned, they "lock in", just like the old unhealthy habits did in the first place. So the transition is trickiest part. But there are some specific things you can do to make it a LOT easier... In terms of "how to be healthy", the "how to change" information is absolutely critical. Yet I'd NEVER read a health or diet book that showed me how to do it. I'm sure that's the main reason Habit Guide is proving popular. ~ James Hi Greg, thanks for the link to Habit Guide.

You’re spot on — skills are really just complex habits. It’s the same part of the brain that’s being used. Mike gives this example in Habit Guide: A dancer consciously learns her routine, but once she’s on stage, it’s all pretty much all automatic.

Our lives are larger scale versions of this. Most of us have pretty much the same routine that we follow every day. This has it’s advantages of course. But because our brains are “geared up” for this habit-based behavior, we can find ourselves doing the same unhealthy things for years on end.

Without the right knowledge, habits are very hard to shift. But of course, in time, good habits become just as automatic as bad ones. As you mentioned, they “lock in”, just like the old unhealthy habits did in the first place.

So the transition is trickiest part. But there are some specific things you can do to make it a LOT easier…

In terms of “how to be healthy”, the “how to change” information is absolutely critical. Yet I’d NEVER read a health or diet book that showed me how to do it. I’m sure that’s the main reason Habit Guide is proving popular.

~ James

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