What is the Purpose Behind Your Practice?

       

Have you ever given thought to what’s the purpose behind your practice?  My purpose is to implement the change I need to form the habits I want.

I recently read an article by James Clear, entitled How Long Does itActually Take to Form a New Habit? (Backed by Science)

For years people like  Zig Ziglar to Brian Tracy and Tony Robbins have eluded to Maxwell Maltz’s observations from the 1950’s as:  “Change your life in 21 days.  That’s how long it takes to form a new habit.”

Actually, that is not what Dr. Maltz stated. 

He indicated it was a minimum of 21 days for someone to become accustomed and notice a physical change, like a face lift!

It takes years to form new habits.  It takes lots of purposeful  practice and major adjustments in your life.  It’s work and it’s not easy.  

Most of you know,  I read A LOT of books.  This last year, I learned according to recent studies, very few adults are really willing to make the sacrifices change requires. (Statistics state: 5% of adults will change their behavior)

The real question is: Are you a part of the 5% or are you part of the 95% who simply stay the same.

Oh and by the way, even when you purpose to change you will mess up that is where the practice comes in - Mess up, get back up, dust yourself off and get back into the game of life.   That’s LIFE (Learn, Implement, Fail, Evaluate…Learn, Implement, Fail, Evaluate) Building better habits is not an all-or-nothing process.

As Mr. Clear says, “At the end of the day, how long it takes to form a particular habit doesn’t really matter that much. Whether it takes 50 days or 500 days, you have to put in the work either way.  The only way to get to Day 500 is to start with Day 1. So forget about the number and focus on doing the work.” 

  

So, what’s the purpose behind your practice?