Everybody has them; everybody needs them; few take the time and effort to analyze and modify them. They help us make mundane, repetitive, and complex decisions with speed and accuracy. You guessed it – I’m talking about habits. Many of our habits are helpful but some of them can really hurt us when the’re out of alignment with who we want to be. Let’s look at how they are formed and how to improve them.

Most of us need to have a paradigm shift from goal setting to goal getting. Pie-in-the-sky wishes and long term goals are often very difficult to translate into actionable items. Instead of asking yourself, “How do I achieve my long term goals?” ask yourself, “What type of person could achieve my goals?“