Million Dollar Habits

Seven Steps To A New Habit 
First, make a decision
. Decide clearly that you are going to begin acting in a 
specific way 100% of the time, whenever that that behavior is required. For 
example, if you decide to arise early and exercise each morning, set your clock for 
a specific time, and when the alarm goes off, immediately get up, put on your 
exercise clothes and begin your exercise session.

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Second, never allow an exception
to your new habit pattern during the formative 
stages. Don’t make excuses or rationalizations. Don’t let yourself off the hook. If 
you resolve to get up at 6:00 am each morning, discipline yourself to get up at 6:00 
AM, every single morning until this becomes automatic. 
Third, tell others
that you are going to begin practicing a particular behavior. It is 
amazing how much more disciplined and determined you will become when you 
know that others are watching you to see if you have the willpower to follow 
through on your resolution. 
Fourth, visualize yourself
performing or behaving in a particular way in a 
particular situation. The more often you visualize and imagine yourself acting as if
you already had the new habit, the more rapidly this new behavior will be accepted 
by your subconscious mind and become automatic. 
Fifth, create an affirmation
that you repeat over and over to yourself. This 
repetition dramatically increases the speed at which you develop the new habit. For 
example, you can say something like; “I get up and get going immediately at 6:00 
AM each morning!” Repeat these words the last thing before you fall asleep. In 
most cases, you will automatically wake up minutes before the alarm clock goes 
off, and soon you will need no alarm clock at all.