The more you do something, the stronger you become at it. The more you work out with weights, the stronger your muscles become. The more you complain, the better you become at complaining. The more you learn, the better you become at learning. The more you make excuses, the better you become at making excuses. The more you achieve, the better achiever you become.
What are your strengths? What do you want them to be? Negative habits can be very strong, because they've been practiced for so long. Any new positive action will be weak by comparison at first. Keep it up and it grows stronger. Decide what you want to be strong at, and do it, again and again.
It is impossible to become a champion body builder in a single workout. Strength takes time and repetition to develop. Start today to build the strengths that will serve you best.
Showing posts with label habit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habit. Show all posts
Oct 27, 2008
Aug 19, 2008
Addicted to success
Addiction can work against you, or it can work for you. It just depends on what you're addicted to. When you get yourself addicted to success, you'll want more. You'll do whatever it takes to get it.
Look at how many people are addicted to cigarette smoking. It is a smelly, disgusting habit. It's expensive, unhealthy and alienates other people. Yet millions continue to do it. They are unwilling to stop themselves. Why? Because it makes them feel good. Or how about heroin? This addiction is on the rise again. Using herion requires involvement in an underground culture. It is expensive, it involves sticking a needle into one's own body, and it consumes and destroys life. Yet more and more people are doing it. Why?
Because it feels good.
Success can feel good, too. It can feel very good. And unlike tobacco or heroin, the "high" from success and accomplishment doesn't fade in a matter of hours.
Once you've had a small success, then it becomes easier to get addicted to success. The "high" of accomplishment makes you want more. That's why it is important to set some small, quickly attainable goals. When these goals are reached, you "feel good" and you look for ways to do it again. That's how most addictions start out -- small. Each time you experience success, savor it. Enjoy it. This is vitally important, because the more you "feel good", the more addicted you'll be.
Get yourself addicted to success, and you can't help but succeed. Start small, and really savor each accomplishment. You'll be "hooked" in no time. Because it feels so good, you won't want to stop.
Look at how many people are addicted to cigarette smoking. It is a smelly, disgusting habit. It's expensive, unhealthy and alienates other people. Yet millions continue to do it. They are unwilling to stop themselves. Why? Because it makes them feel good. Or how about heroin? This addiction is on the rise again. Using herion requires involvement in an underground culture. It is expensive, it involves sticking a needle into one's own body, and it consumes and destroys life. Yet more and more people are doing it. Why?
Because it feels good.
Success can feel good, too. It can feel very good. And unlike tobacco or heroin, the "high" from success and accomplishment doesn't fade in a matter of hours.
Once you've had a small success, then it becomes easier to get addicted to success. The "high" of accomplishment makes you want more. That's why it is important to set some small, quickly attainable goals. When these goals are reached, you "feel good" and you look for ways to do it again. That's how most addictions start out -- small. Each time you experience success, savor it. Enjoy it. This is vitally important, because the more you "feel good", the more addicted you'll be.
Get yourself addicted to success, and you can't help but succeed. Start small, and really savor each accomplishment. You'll be "hooked" in no time. Because it feels so good, you won't want to stop.
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