23-190 Make it a Habit #1

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Today’s Mandala Message: Habits Determine Your Outcome

This week I’m working through Principle #34 from Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles” entitled “Develop four new success habits a year”. I set my intention today to ponder the idea of creating success habits. Canfield states: “Your habits determine your outcomes. Successful people don’t just drift to the top. Getting there requires focused action, personal discipline, and lots of energy every day to make things happen.”

I know I have some habits that don’t serve me and I’m looking forward to whatever comes up this week to help me override them and hopefully help me figure out how to create more successful ones.

One thing I know about habits is that if you want to rid yourself of a habit, rather than try to deal with that habit directly it’s best to just create a brand new one to take the place of the old one. I also know from experience that when I do lock in a habit, it usually stays with me unless I decide to adjust it.

A great resource about all things habit-related is BG Fogg and his Tiny Habits. He advocates for associating a small “tiny habit” to an already existing one, basically piggy-backing on the existing habit. For instance if you wanted to create a new habit of always flossing after brushing your teeth, start out small by just flossing one tooth after brushing. Over time increase the number of teeth you floss; until eventually, flossing all of your teeth becomes a habit with teeth brushing.

A good mindfulness practice would be to contemplate the habits that support you.

So how about you? What habits do you have that you deem success oriented? What habits are to your detriment? Do you tend to resist creating habits or embrace them?

“The habits you develop
from this day forward
will ultimately determine
how your future unfolds.”

— Jack Canfield

Blessings,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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My Mission: connecting with our Inner Light in delightful, inspiring ways For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits. Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it. As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?

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