Tips And Books On Habits

[Deepak yadav]

Hey there. Iam 19 years old . New to personal development.i wanted to start my journey with building positive habits like meditation, excercise, reading and eating well etc.. I think it would be better if I start with one habit at a time instead of going all out. Since most of changes are habits. iam looking for tips and book recommendations to help build positive habits as well as things I'll need to work on along the way like will power,decepline, procrastination etc.. any help is appreciated ☺✌

 

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[Alii]

Hey there @Deepak yadav , I am also 19 years old!  Welcome to the forum and I hope you get all the success in the world! 

The best daily habit I'd recommend for you to input first is meditation. It's easy, requires no effort, and helps declutter your mind.   

[Christian]

Hey, I am 18 years old and have been on the PD journey since age 16. I have got a few tips on building habits that might help you. When I started I absolutely sucked at building habits and that is because I did not use my strategic ressources properly. I did not plan for the potential distractions that would sabotage me in developing my habits and I did not consider how my thoughts would trick me. Be acutely aware of these things when you are building new habits. The reason why you will likely fail at this is that you get lost in distractions or your mind says "whatever, I'll just do it later", but later never comes

A system that works really well for building habits is the "pre mortem technique". Leo has a video on it -- it REALLY helped me build a meditation habit. That is because it adresses core solutions to avoid project failure. Project here is used in the broader context so a project could also mean a habit like meditation or exercise or whatever other habit out there. So check out that video, highly recommend it

[Wilm]

The Power of Habit is a good read.

What helps me is a daily habit tracker. Just create a grid with all the habits that you want to include (or exclude) in your day, add all the days of the month. There are also apps for this purpose, but I prefer a Google doc/sheet.

[Deepak sadhwani]

@Deepak yadav  welcome

[PetarKa]

Hello & welcome! I'm 17 and have been doing this for 2-3 years and so far I've installed the following habits in my life:

• Daily meditation (30min)
• Daily exercise (strength and cardio / basketball)
• Reading books - I want to expand this now

So my advice is to keep your list of habits you want to put into place minimalistic. Ultimately, you wanna have 3-4  major habits, otherwise you will be overwhelmed and even stressed out. Read 'Living the 80/20 way' by Richerd Koch, I really bought into the idea of Lifestyle Minimalism.

Building up the habits which will lead to an amazing life is the foundation of Self-Actualuzation! Keep at it!