Today’s letter
for the AtoZ Blogging Challenge is ‘H’ for my theme ‘A to Z of Effectiveness’.
You can read more about my theme here. I’m also participating in the NaBloPoMo
for April.
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With a theme based on a book titled, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People’, it would be sacrilege not to have a post based on habits!! And to
rephrase the quote shown above, ‘Effective people are simply those with
effective habits’. Ta da!!
As I mentioned at the start of this challenge, I’m not a big fan of
self help books. The only ones that have had some impact on me are ‘Eat That Frog’ by Brian Tracy and ‘Getting Things Done’ by David Allen. Both books
stress on implementing the teachings in our daily habits. A consistent effort,
however small, will definitely yield results in the long run.
Stephen Covey defines a habit as an intersection of knowledge, skill
and desire, something that is better understood via this image:
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Essentially, if you want to introduce a new habit in your life and you’d
like it to last, you need to have valid answers to the following questions:
What
habit do I want to introduce in my life?
Why
do I need this habit?
How
can I go about starting this new habit?
Do
I really want to do this?
I think this is a great idea, especially for those times that we feel
we are faltering. This sort of takes us back to the drawing board, and reminds
us of our true purpose or goals. And as always, the new habit has to be in sync
with our character; otherwise you cannot expect to succeed!
Is there any
habit that you’d like to include in your life? Will you ask yourself these
questions first?
