Big Idea Daily | Mini Habits
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Smaller Habits, Bigger Resultsby Stephen Guise |
“To summarize, a mini habit is a VERY small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day. Small steps work every time, and habits are built by consistency, so the two were meant to be together.”STEPHEN GUISE |
BIG IDEA
What Is A Mini Habit?
FROM THE BOOK“A mini habit is basically a much smaller version of a new habit you want to form. 100 push-ups daily is minified into one push-up daily.
Writing 3,000 words daily becomes writing 50 words daily. Thinking positively all the time becomes thinking two positive thoughts per day. Living an entrepreneurial lifestyle becomes thinking of two ideas per day (among other entrepreneurial things).
The foundation of the Mini Habits system is in ‘stupid small’ steps. The concept of small steps is nothing new, but how and why they work have not been adequately dissected. Of course, small steps are relative too; a small step for you could be a giant leap for me. Saying ‘stupid small’ clarifies it, because if a step sounds stupid relative to the most you can do, it’s perfect.”
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Brian's Notes
Mini habits.
Take your target habit goal and make it ‘stupid small.’
If it sounds absurd when you say it, you’ve found a mini habit.
100 push-ups daily becomes 1 push-up daily. Writing x,000 words daily becomes writing 50 words daily. Meditating for an hour a day becomes meditating for 1 minute or even 1 breath a day. Getting up an hour earlier becomes getting up a minute earlier. Reading for an hour daily becomes reading 1 page of a book daily. (Stephen’s mini reading habit is 2 pages but why not 1? Hah!)
Stephen has a huge list of minified habits at minihabits.com. Check it out.
What’s YOUR target goal? And how can you minify it?
My target habit goal is: ____________________________.
Here’s my minified version: _________________________.
Remember: We want to make the habit “too small to fail”—building a super solid base of CONSISTENCY before we go for a larger load. And that’s exactly what the next Big Ideas is all about:
Big Ideas
01: MINI HABITS
02: TOO SMALL TO FAIL
03: NEWTON’S 1ST LAW
04: EGO DEPLETION
05: SELF-EFFICACY
“Are you ready to discover how smaller habits lead to bigger results? I sure hope so, because I’m excited to show you. Let’s go!”STEPHEN GUISE |
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