Habits of successful people

“When I grow up I want to be an astronaut.”  I thought about many careers when I was a child.  I had a new one every year at some point.  What did you want to be when you grew up?  Are you that or is it still your aspiration?  Maybe like me you found your path and it was different from what you thought of as a kid.  For the record, an astronaut was not even on my radar as an option when I was growing up.  I thought about becoming an accountant, pharmacist, doctor and a stream of other professions.  Continue reading →

Are there some mornings that getting out of bed seems like the biggest challenge of the day?  Or maybe you need to get started on a project and you can’t for the life of you seem to get that push to jump start the process?  It reminds me of a nursery rhyme (yes, I listen to quite a bit of those with our daughter and I may find myself adding them to my repertoire of music if I don’t watch it)..Anyway, the nursery rhyme is about lazy Mary who’s name on some days could be replaced with Wendy.  Lol!  As always nursery rhymes and children’s songs are simple and repetitive.  See here: Continue reading →

“Do you think you’ll wake up one morning with a six pack?”  He yelled.  And no, he wasn’t referring to a six pack of alcohol (ahem..or soda).  It was a trainer at the gym shouting at us as he gruelingly demanded another 10 crunches.  I was thinking that he was taking his job way too seriously.  I was panting like a winded dog and every muscle in my body was trembling from the strain. “ You’ve got to work for it!  So come on, push yourself.  You can do it!  Five, four….”.  Continue reading →

We are creatures of habit.  From the days our feet started pattering across the house at age 2 (and even earlier for some) we develop habits.  Good and bad. They are influenced by our environment: observation and modeling.  I know someone who is never late because it was ingrained by her dad as they grew up.  Punctual in their family meant 30 minutes before the stated time.  If you weren’t there you were left behind.  For some of us 9am means anything between 9.15 – 10.00 or whenever we get there. 

According to research, at least 40% of the things we do every day are based on habits and not new decisions.  Kind of like being on auto pilot.  Think about it… When you wake up in the morning you have a routine (comprising of habits) that involves the actions you take from the time your alarm rings until you get out of the house.  Continue reading →