 So we create our habits and then our habits return the favor and create us So I hope you have made some good habits in your life if you didn't it's alright this video I'm gonna save you my help and we'll give you the blooper in the manifesto Won't give you my life's work when I really it's just one video But I'm gonna teach you how to create good habits and how to make them last so if you like this video Make sure you like comment subscribe another good stuff. Let's get into it first things first. You need to understand this concept of Habit loops which is popularized by this book called the power of habit. It's a really good book Basically a habit loop is how all habits function Every habit there's a cue There's the activity and then there's the reward every single habit has these three constituents, right? So let's say brushing your teeth. What's the cue you finish dinner and your mouth feels kind of weird You got some pieces of meat stuck in between your teeth this time brush your teeth It's time to floss. That's your cue the action brushing your teeth the reward your mouth feels fresh and you feel better That's the reward a little bit of dopamine spike. Well, let's say waking up in the morning having breakfast The cue your alarm goes off right signifies Skulltime, baby The action you make your breakfast and you eat it the reward you feel full and you're ready for the day So those are the three elements of a habit So if you want to make a habit for yourself if you want to really make something into part of your life You need a strong cue. You need something that's gonna signify to your brain. Hey wake up. It's time. Let's get this It's time to initiate this habit. So that's the first thing Figure out what cue you're gonna use to initiate this habit and stick with it Perhaps you want to read a book, right? You want to learn how to read more books? You want to read every day? What's the cue you're gonna use a Easy cue is actually having a book shoved in your face somehow right where you have to see it and you can't ignore it So, you know, it's time to read the book. Maybe perhaps maybe if you want to read a book every single day Have the book lying on your bed before you go to bed, right? Have the book right there So that you see it and it signifies that habit loop, right? That's the first thing cue cue. All right, sweet Good. Let's go into the next thing Now that you got the cue sorted out You need to create systems Systems that gonna facilitate this habit. They say that it takes anywhere between 30 days to 67 days to form a habit until It's probably subconscious mind till it's no longer about willpower. So between Go sterling day and the day it becomes a habit. There's gonna be a lot of willpower used up So make sure easier for yourself by creating systems Think about what type of systems you're gonna make to make sure that this habit stays in place System is basically a Thing that you have made beforehand to ensure that you don't fail Let's say you're trying to create the habit of eating healthier, right? You want to get on this ketogenic diet that everyone's talking about so you want to cut the carbs if you don't have any systems Late in place when you go out with your friends, you're gonna break the habit You're gonna eat some Cheetos you're gonna eat some bullshit because that's what's there and your willpower is limited You're gonna cave in but if you incorporate systems if you do a meal prep That's a form of a system you make your food prior to going out So when you go out you have the food right there and you don't have to eat the bullshit and the junk It's gonna be easier to create this habit. Eventually. You won't even need to rely on the system It would just be part of you to eat healthy. That's just one example of a system So let's talk about another example of a system. Let's say you want to get up every morning at 5 a.m What most people do is they set their alarm for 5 a.m And when the alarm goes off the face with decision get up or go back to sleep. This news go back to sleep But if you incorporate a system You won't have this problem. This system could be as simple as having your phone Across the room so that when it rings you're forced to get up Making you overcome that initial inertia of the morning and making it easier for you to carry on with your day Get up early in the morning That's a system. It's basically setting a framework. You're planning for the worst You know that you're gonna have moments of weak willpower. You know that your brain is going to trick you So you make these parameters that ensure that it's easier for you to do the thing that you have to do This is incredibly important for forming habits. You need to make it easy for yourself, right? Make these systems Okay, so here are the last tips in regards to creating habits Try create one habit at a time Don't put too much on your plate or you're gonna make it easy for yourself to quit and to half acid Think of yourself as Goku going to the hyperbole time chamber. This is some serious business. All right This is training one at a time muster that habit and then move on to the next don't juggle habits Your brain can only take so much. It's hard enough to create one habit But one habits got the power to change your life. So take it incredibly seriously The last component that you need in creating habits is having the right mindset You have to understand that your worst enemy is the man in the mirror It's yourself. It's the excuses that are gonna pop up The resistance that's gonna ensue regardless of what you do You're gonna hear the same mental voice saying, you know what? Let's skip this one time. Let's let's not meditate today Let's not read that book today. Let's let's not go gym today. You know, let's get cheaper diet today It's okay. It's only one time when you hear that voice tell you to shut the fuck up because that voice is evil That voice is from hell itself as soon as you give in to that voice once You are 90% more likely to give in a second time and then 200% more likely given a third time You're not gonna create any habits this way. The voice in your head doesn't want you to be great The voice in your head wants you to resort Back to the creepy little golem self that you were before trying to embark on this glorious Habit make a mission. Don't listen to it. Don't give it power You have the power. You really need to use all your psychological Fortitude to battle it. Don't give in once. This is serious business This is where most people fail at creating habits. They think that they can have faster. They think that they can Skip a date. You can't skip a day. You have to keep doing it until it is by your subconscious The rewards are glorious. Honestly, the rewards are wonderful Once you get in the habit of exercising You love it. Your body changes the rest of your life changes once you get in the habit of reading your brain Changes before you once you get in the habit of Meditating your awareness increase all these things that are beneficial are bullshit at the beginning. They are hard Your brain doesn't want you to do it But once it becomes a habit once it becomes a factor of your subconscious mind once it's automatic Your life is literally changing. So it's worth it It's worth of that grueling first 30 to 60 days of just willpower and systems and psychological warfare Because once you have it you have it for life