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5 Rules for Developing Better Habits

5 Rules for Developing Better Habits

Habit building is an underrated skill.

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Bryan Dijkhuizen
Mar 04, 2024
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Bad habits ruin your life.

People easily get caught up in bad habits and start seeing them as part of themselves but of course, we have only talked ourselves into that. Unlearning old bad habits is just as difficult as learning new ones.

For example, we don’t learn habit-building in school. An essential skill in life if you ask me.

Indeed, it is often said that we need to be more disciplined.

But in terms of mindset and lifestyle, we are not taught anything. Perhaps we could start teaching mindset and willpower instead of memorizing words in a foreign language.

Something that might help is meta-habits. Try to learn about them first.

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