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Andrew Collings is the founder of www.defeatthegrind.com and has over 10 years experience in self help, health and parenting. Andrew has a Degree and Masters in social science and has also completed post graduate management studies. During the day, Andrew works as a principal in a consulting firm, and has had numerous pieces of planning work published. He is married with three children, and currently resides in Melbourne, Australia. As a hobby he is a juggler and magician.

Change one habit at a time

The average habit changer wakes up new years morning and looks at his/her list of agreed goals and things to change for the year. Like with anything, it starts out well. Yet after day four or five - or two weeks if he/her is lucky, the wheels fall off and they find it difficult to keep up with all the changes. The main reasons this happens: They try and change to many aspects at one time.

Changing habits becomes easier when we only focus on one habit at a time. While it is often tempting to try and change all aspects of our life, this is usually the path to failure. Consistency is key to changing habits, and this is a lot easier to achieve when you only look at one part of your life.

So today's advice: Focus on changing one habit, and only one habit at a time. This is a way to help guarantee great success. Once you have successfully changed one habit, move on to the next.

Cheers

Andrew

Visualisation - key to changing habits

There is often an attitude among people that visualisation is a waste of time. We recall one particular manager, when we were working in quite a remote area of the country, who had a simple attitude: Don’t waste time planning or thinking about it, just do it!!!

We agree in part, that you definitely have to take action; albeit, we also believe that you can undertake visualisation in addition to “just doing it”. Combined, you unleash the full potential.

Visualisation is not a new thing. It has been used by peak performers for years. Sporting greats who visualise that shot at goal. Billionaires who visualise how their company will grow; and most importantly goal setters who visual themselves achieving their goals.

The power of visualisation has also been the subject of numerous scientific studies. While there has been some questions over methodologies, there seems to be clear evidence to suggest that people who visualise something, generally have a greater chance of creating that something.

For example, a person who visualises a calm and happy home life, has a calm and happy home life. The business owner who visualises success, tends to be successful.

Make it a habit to take some time (it doesn’t have to be much, just five or 10 minutes), to relax and visualise what you want to achieve. Imagine that you have already achieved it. How does it make you feel? Keep redoing this until it becomes second nature. What you believe you can achieve.

Don't go it alone!!!

Today, we would like to look at a tip that will really help you change your bad habits.

While it may seem like a good idea, and that you are strong enough to do things by yourself (we know we normally feel that way!!). It really does help to get some assistance.

So the big message is don't do it alone!!! Get help. If you choose to discuss your goals with others, choose people who want you to succeed. Quitting bad habits is hard enough without having to watch the people near you enjoying what you have now deprived yourself of.

It really is beneficial to choose people who want to achieve the same goals, and quite the same things as you do. If you want to quite drinking and your friends go to the pub four times a week, its going to be pretty hard for you to quit.

So who can help you and where can you find them. First, remember that you will be helping them too. Ask friends, co-works and professionals who have similar goals and ideas to use. Arrange meetings with them, organise a fortnightly catch up. Feel free to call them. Ring them when you feel down.

There are many many people who are wanting to change like you are. Use synergy together. The saying is true - together we do it better!!!

Cheers

Andrew

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Changin Eating Habits 3

Use small steps:

When you cut out food one step at a time, you will be more likely to achieve your goals.

Start by replacing one soda with a glass of water, and build up from there. Start also by cutting out one meal of junk food, or by changing part of what you eat. Once you get used to this change move on!!!

Cheers

Andrew

Changing eating habits tip 2

Plan your meals:

When you eat at different times, you throw order out the window. Try to cook at the same time every day and eat meals at the same time.

If possible plan ahead. That way you will be more likely to eat healthy foods.

Changing eating habits

#2: Start by getting unhealthy foods out of your house. Remove all foods that do not fit into a healthy diet. Yes, tension, anxieties, worry, and just plain hunger, prompt the desire for a snack. Then it is best to replace those junk foods with an apple, an orange, a banana, or other fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables such as raw carrots, celery, radishes, and so on. Replace soda pop with water and fruit juices. Snack on these. And if you must have a sweet then you may try low fat yogurt, or chocolate chips ordinarily used for cooking to give you a sugar fix without ruining your healthy diet.

Changing Financial Habits

If you often spend more than your needs, you best first step is to focus on a budget, looking for areas that are unnecessary and can be trimmed, and be prepared to have the discipline to stick to your new budget.

This is an essential tip for achieving your financial goals and changing your financial habits.

The majority of people fall into the category of spending more than they earn. This sets yourself up for finanical problems in the future. If you stick to a budget and spend less than you earn, you will be ahead of the majority of the population.

Keep a Journal

Keep a Journal. Open up a new word document (or journal, we preferred hand written) and commit to writing a few sentences each day about your progress.

This serves two purposes:

1) you are writing down what you want to achieve and how you are going to achieve it.
2)You are accountable to yourself - you will be amazed at how much better you will act if you have to write it down.

The start: How to change a habit

When we talk about habits, we generally only focus on the bad ones. Yes we are more likely to have bad habits than good, but good ones are equally important.

A habit is simply a set of actions that we have developed over time. Us humans learn through reputition, this process doesn't distinguish between good or bad habits.

It is this in built learning process that makes habits so hard to break. Hard, but not impossible.

This blog is dedicated to people who want to change their habits to better ones. We hope you enjoy the process as we take you through the journey step by step.