How to Save 33 Years of Your Life Using Habits

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    WASTE 33 YEARSWASTE33 YEARS How I was on pace to of my life @imrane @escapeyourdeskjob (and what I did about it)

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    As a formerproductivity consultant for a big consulting firm, this was... Why the f*** is she so happy?

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    So for 2weeks, I recorded each and everything I did

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    At the endof the two weeks, I added up the numbers... WTF, who still uses these?

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    ...and another 2hours is spent on social media 5 bucks, says this is Tinder

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    And we arepaying the price physically financially and emotionally

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    We now sleep20% less than people did 60 years ago

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    We spend 25%less time with family than just 30 years ago

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    And because ofthat we are... Depressed Tired and lazy Sick

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    I studied ideasfrom BJ Fogg, a professor in behaviour modification for the last 20 years

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    ...to gurus likeRobin Sharma, Tim Ferriss, Seinfeld and Tony Robbins to see what they do

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    Don't you startyour day the same way? (maybe a bagel and coffee)

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    We don't thinkabout these things because our brains use habits to reduce our mental load

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    ...and as weget older, our routines become more firm and harder to change

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    This can leadus towards like our habits of eating a salad for lunch positive outcomes

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    or towards like havinga double, fat, triple fudge double dipper, decadent cafe laaaattee every morning negative outcomes

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    1 What is ahabit? and the two ways to break them

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    Let's use anexample from everyones live's to demonstrate The Habit of Checking Facebook 1 What is a habit?

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    1 What isa habit? Cue The Start's off the habit Think about that feeling of being anxious before starting work

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    1 What isa habit? Routine The Our response to the cue Think checking Facebook in response to being anxious

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    1 What isa habit? Reward The What we get or feel for following through That feeling of being connected and satisfying out FOMO (fear of missing out)

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    1 What isa habit? Craving The Brings it all together Now, next time we get the cue, we immediately CRAVE the reward

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    Did you knowthe typical office work is interrupted every 11 minutes 2 Two things I did

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    And it takesmore than 2x As long to get back on track (or 25 mins) 2 Two things I did

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    Let me addthat up for you - thats 2hrs EVERYDAY spent distracted 2 Two things I did

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    1. Turned offmy phone notifications, all of them 2 Two things I did

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    2. Deleted all infinityapps off of my phone (Think Facebook, Twitter, any app that has endless content) 2 Two things I did

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    2 Two thingsI did Change #2: Created a Morning Routine

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    Leo Babauta Founder ofZen Habits Wakes up at 4:30am Drinks water Sets 3 important tasks for his day Fixes lunch for his kids Eats breakfast & reads Exercises Showers Wakes kids & wife at 6:30am EVERY MORNING 2 Two things I did

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    Tony Robbins The Self-HelpGuru Calls it his Hour of power which includes light exercise, motivational incantations and 10 minutes of thinking about everything he is grateful of. 2 Two things I did

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    Do you havea block of time set aside in your mornings? 2 Two things I did

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    If not, startby writing down 3 goals you have 2 Two things I did

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    One MUST befitness related Learn why in my course 2 Two things I did

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    And then takeone step towards each goal every morning 2 Two things I did

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    Making these twochanges, 2 Two things I did (And a few others - learn more by clicking here) In only 21 days I was able to...

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    2 Two thingsI did Read 4 books Learn 363 Portugese words Publish 3 comprehensive blog posts Exercise for a total of 840 minutes Mediate for a combined total of 315 minutes And start my side business

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    Become a Vegan Swim30 laps at the pool - Non-Stop Complete 250 sit-ups in one session And even create this presentation! 2 Two things I did

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