Telling Your Habits Where to Take You
First of all, I’m sorry i haven’t been writing daily as usual.
Recovery has made it a little harder, and especially the broken hand for typing.
At this very moment I am using the talk to type tool, so it certainly is not insurmountable; it’s just harder to do things sometimes when our normal ways and habits of doing them are altered.
Brings me to an important thought for today’s message. Sometimes these challenges can be imposed upon us, like this one – and even then we can make the most of it by looking for creative ways to do the work, perhaps even better than before…
but the most important for us, as pertains to our theme this month, on setting and achieving worthy goals, are the new habits that we impose upon ourself.
We improve the quality of our Lives by improving the quality of our habits; we develop supportive habits by deliberately designing the plan to achieve our goals by asking the right questions.
- What habits do I need to start to achieve my goals?
- Which do I need to stop?
- What kind of person do I need to become?
- What behaviors does this kind of person exhibit?
- How often do I need to exercise each of these habits? I e, some will be daily some a couple times a week Etc
Then I create a tool, like perhaps a simple Rhythm register where I check off the new desired behavior every time that I do it in accordance with the plan, and then score myself weekly on how I did.
We need to do this long enough for the new behavior to actually become a habit. when it becomes something that you will do without the prompting, you can drop it if you want.
I generally tend to keep them for at least the quarter and see how I do on my quarter goals first.
Here’s the lesson I’m giving this week in classes with
a little more information on the subject.
I also plan on putting some more material and tools in our online community. You can comment on how you are doing on your goals there, and / or ask me for help on designing supporting habits and Rhythm register too if you like.
If you’re not training with us yet, it’s a great time to start!
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Grand Master Stephen J. Del Castillo
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About Grandmaster Stephen J. Del Castillo: Grandmaster Del Castillo is the founding Master Instructor of Krav Maga Martial Arts and has been empowering lives in Pasco and Hillsborough Counties since October of 2000. He is an 8th degree Blackbelt, MBA, author, mentor and success coach, a US Army Veteran and a proud father and grandfather. He is married to Ms. Barbara Del Castillo who helps him run the school. Grand Master Del Castillo began his training in the early 80’s and has high level blackbelts in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Premier Martial Arts and Krav Maga Martial Arts as well as experience in kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do and Jiujitsu. He has high level instructor certifications from BBSI, IKMF, and KMG and has been featured in numerous Martial Arts publications and also Success magazine. He was a competitive sport karate and American Kickboxing instructor until he enlisted in the US Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, where he won an Army Green to Gold scholarship and proceeded to ROTC and the University of Tampa. He was commissioned in 1992 and went on to serve in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division and then in several other posts in the US until he left military service to pursue his dream of creating KMMA in 2000. Today I continue to train, learn, sow and grow under the mentorship of World Champion Grandmaster Jeff Smith, who regularly visits the academy to help sow into my teams and students as well.
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