Comments on: The guilt free process to breaking a bad habit http://outthinkgroup.com/tips/the-guilt-free-process-to-breaking-a-bad-habit Results-driven online marketing for authors Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:12:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tim Grahl http://outthinkgroup.com/tips/the-guilt-free-process-to-breaking-a-bad-habit/comment-page-1#comment-3806 Tim Grahl Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:57:33 +0000 http://outthinkgroup.com/?p=407#comment-3806 Jess: Most of us do a fantastic job in self-loathing when it comes to our bad habits. Lots of guilt. Step #1 is to keep that in check. Reminding myself I'm going to fail doesn't hold me back from success, it keeps me from constantly beating up on myself when I inevitably fail at my initial attempts. Jess: Most of us do a fantastic job in self-loathing when it comes to our bad habits. Lots of guilt. Step #1 is to keep that in check. Reminding myself I’m going to fail doesn’t hold me back from success, it keeps me from constantly beating up on myself when I inevitably fail at my initial attempts.

]]> By: Jess http://outthinkgroup.com/tips/the-guilt-free-process-to-breaking-a-bad-habit/comment-page-1#comment-3793 Jess Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:09:58 +0000 http://outthinkgroup.com/?p=407#comment-3793 hhmm, while I agree that taking time each morning to focus on positives is good, the part about telling yourself you're probably going to fail and that it is okay .... em, sounds like a bad idea. Our minds are always listening, even when we are only thinking. So do not think or say negatives about yourself. No more, dropping the keys and thinking "dumb ass." or anything of that sort. And no more telling yourself how hard something is, that tight-rope walker you mentioned is thinking, "Nice and easy," not "this is freaking harder than I thought." I have my own theories on triggers. But that's a long story. Happy Saturday. Jess hhmm, while I agree that taking time each morning to focus on positives is good, the part about telling yourself you’re probably going to fail and that it is okay …. em, sounds like a bad idea.
Our minds are always listening, even when we are only thinking. So do not think or say negatives about yourself. No more, dropping the keys and thinking “dumb ass.” or anything of that sort.
And no more telling yourself how hard something is, that tight-rope walker you mentioned is thinking, “Nice and easy,”
not “this is freaking harder than I thought.”

I have my own theories on triggers. But that’s a long story.
Happy Saturday. Jess

]]> By: JimGf http://outthinkgroup.com/tips/the-guilt-free-process-to-breaking-a-bad-habit/comment-page-1#comment-3791 JimGf Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:50:21 +0000 http://outthinkgroup.com/?p=407#comment-3791 Tim, Great post about breaking bad habits. There are some I've struggled with for a long time too - especially web surfing. I try to justify it by thinking that it's sometimes related to work (software dev), but it mostly just wastes time. With flickr, I start with a link and before I know it, an hour or two are gone! Your suggestions make sense and I'm definitely going to try them. Thanks for a pretty useful post. JimGf Tim,

Great post about breaking bad habits. There are some I’ve struggled with for a long time too – especially web surfing. I try to justify it by thinking that it’s sometimes related to work (software dev), but it mostly just wastes time. With flickr, I start with a link and before I know it, an hour or two are gone!

Your suggestions make sense and I’m definitely going to try them.

Thanks for a pretty useful post.

JimGf

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