Keystone Habits: 10 Small Changes That Create Big Results

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If you could accomplish one big goal or create one new habit in the next year, what would it be?

What important aspirations do you have to improve your life, your career, or your health?

You may not realize it, but there are certain habits that may be unrelated to your goal that help ensure you succeed at reaching it.

These are called keystone habits, and they can be life-changing.

As you know, big goals can feel overwhelming, especially when they're physically or mentally taxing and require a lot of time to complete.

If you think about losing 20 pounds, for example, you know you have weeks or months of dieting and exercise ahead of you.

Just beginning the goal drains your energy when you think about the sacrifices and hard work ahead of you.

However, if you can break these big goals into small, manageable habits and begin with very small increments of time, your goals won't feel so daunting.

By starting small and increasing your time slowly, your odds of creating a sustainable habit are dramatically improved.

But there's another tool you can use to support your goals and make it easier to create any habit you want to. That tool is a keystone habit.

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How To Break Bad Habits By Forming Good Ones

Break bad habits

Bad habits creep up on us.

One day we smoke that first cigarette, eat that first bag of Cheetos, or discover how easy it is to charge things on a credit card.

Before you know it, that one decision has mushroomed into big, bad habit. We become physically or mentally addicted to substances, food, spending, nail biting, and any number of actions that don't reflect our best selves.

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