How To Build Good Habits and Tips to Make Them Stick
If you are looking to build good habits and make them stick, you are in the right place.
Most of us, if we are honest, can look at areas of our life and see things that could be improved.
However, many people make resolutions, but sadly most will fail.
In fact, according to Forbes, only 8% of people succeed with a New Year’s resolution, so I want to look into why this is and, more importantly, how we can succeed with our goals and resolutions.
I am also going to show some tips and tricks to achieve what we want in life.
I also want to say that this advice is for any time of the year where we want to change a habit.
See Yourself in The New Habit
One of the most important requirements for anyone wanting to change a habit is having a vision and knowing what we want to achieve.
We need to keep our thoughts on what we want, not what we don’t want.
As an example, people who are dependent on alcohol will often have a belief that a life without drinking would be a life not worth living.
They simply cannot imagine or see themselves being happy and contented without drinking.
This belief can stop a person from wanting to become sober if they feel it will cause pain or suffering.
This is why a person must see themselves living the new habit and enjoying all the benefits.
For someone who wants to lose weight, they can take some time each day to consider the benefits they will gain, such as more energy, feeling more confident, better health, higher sex drive, etc.
If they focus on all these benefits, the desire to pursue this will become strong, for what we focus on regularly is where our mind will gravitate toward.
As Jim Rohn used to say, when the reason we want something becomes strong, the how becomes easy.
For instance, can you see yourself in the future and how you would be if you were to boost testosterone levels to a very high level?
Can you see how your body posture is, how confident and poised you feel in any situation? Can you see how your body will look when the anabolic hormones have burned fat and packed on muscle?
If you need inspiration, look at an athlete who’s trained for an event or a boxer who’s had a long training camp before a fight and observe the confidence and strength that comes from someone who is the best they can be.
Start one Step at a Time
One of the reasons that we don’t succeed with our intentions to develop a new habit is because we sometimes want to change too many habits, and as the saying goes, “If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one”
A really great book that I highly recommend that discusses this topic is the book “The One Thing by Gary Keller”.
This book starts with the question, “What’s the one thing that you could do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”
This question helps clarify the habits that lead to the most success, whether that is in our personal life, business life, or our health.
Many people think they have to concentrate on many areas to find success. But in Gary Keller’s book, he describes how the people who focus on a few areas and eliminate distractions achieve the most in life.
Our energy is limited, so to increase our chances of building a good habit, we have to identify the most important areas to work on, and that will bring the best results.
Another thing to consider is that some habits and areas we work on will improve other areas of our life automatically without any effort.
For instance, this whole website is about how to naturally boost testosterone. And I know from experience that when this is worked on, it has a massive impact on a person’s personal life and business life automatically.
This is because boosting testosterone makes someone more confident, more energized, and more motivated to achieve in other areas of life.
A crucial point to remember is that when building new habits, concentrate on what you can do right now in small ways to make some progress in the direction you want.
Yes, we want to have a vision of the future and how it will benefit us, but we also need small goals we can do right now that help us move forward and make the end goal more tangible.
Having small goals to achieve helps us to move in the direction we want and creates momentum.
The thought “I need to go to the gym all this year” can feel overwhelming, but the thought “I am going to go to the gym today” makes it a lot easier for us to succeed
Interestingly, we use this method in building and keeping a bad habit. Most people do not say to themselves, “I am going to drink a lot of alcohol for the rest of my life”; instead, they say, “one small drink won’t hurt me”; having this will be fine”
So maybe you can start making small changes and stick with it for some time to observe the results.
Maybe you need to look at adding some foods to your diet that can boost testosterone; maybe it could be losing fat and lowering estrogen in your body; maybe it could be doing 3 weight sessions each week for 2 months to really see and feel an increase in testosterone.
The main thing is to do something and to stick to it for a period of time.
Magnify Small Progress
As discussed earlier in this article, we humans need goals, and we need to see the benefits of achieving them. When we contemplate these benefits, we have the desire to work towards them.
However, remember that these goals are achieved through steady efforts. On this journey, it’s very helpful to acknowledge how we are progressing and to be happy for any progress we have made.
This makes a lot of sense if we want to keep developing a good habit for the long term.
If someone is building a house and they keep looking at what has not been finished, they will become frustrated and exhausted, but if they can concentrate on what has also been done, they will have more energy and enthusiasm to continue.
This ability to be happy for making progress is also useful because it helps someone focus on the desired outcome and makes it more realistic.
Most people can remember someone who encouraged them at school or in a sport and how this helped them believe that things were possible.
This is why it is good to see and recognise that we are doing well and can go even further in the direction we are heading.
Conclusion
These are some thoughts on how to build good habits and also how they can become strong. I also believe that boosting testosterone will give someone a huge amount of fuel to achieve whatever goals they want to.
Research shows that it takes around two months to create a new habit, not 30 days, so maybe it’s now time to choose a habit and give 2 months of steady effort.
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