<p> <span>In this article you will learn the following</span></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">60 ways for changing your sabotaging Behaviors and habits</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-24 simple Tricks for creating new brain pathways in your mind for forming new behaviors and habits</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Habit of mind and our physical behaviors - gets formed in exactly the same way.</b></p><p>To elaborate - suppose someone wishes you smilingly which makes you feel great and <b data-redactor-tag="b">then you too start wishing other people pleasantly every day</b> - and because the response is very endearing - <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">this becomes your habit as well as a regular behavior pattern.</strong></p><p>Now suppose - you try drinking a carbonated sweetened drink when you are feeling exhausted and it revives you in the first few times you try that - <b data-redactor-tag="b">you tend to acquire the mental habit of drinking same drink every time you feel fatigued - irrespective of whether it is giving you any benefits or not</b>.</p><p>Some of the habits we are not even aware are harmful - <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">till the day some catastrophe falls - like you discover having very high blood sugar or cirrhosis of liver OR you face a break in your very close relationship</strong>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Good behaviors and habits are very difficult to form</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">whereas bad behaviors and behaviors and habits can be formed very fast </b>- in many cases, in one instance itself.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The best thing about your brain is that - it can be changed and adapted.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This article is about few simple ways - you can take charge of your life to change the detrimental behaviors and habits</b> which is not allowing you to grow in most areas of life. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">60 ways for changing your sabotaging Behaviors and habits </b></p> <ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">1.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">6 questions to Identify which behaviors and habits you need to strengthen and which you must leave </b></li> <li>I.Which area of your life is dissatisfactory and full of pain and regret</li> <li>II.What do you want to change about your each dysfunctional areas of your life</li> <li>III.What bad behaviors habits makes you suffer, fail, gives pain and loss</li> <li>IV.What good behaviors and habits makes you succeed, grow and build relationships </li> <li>V.What do you want to experience and accomplish if you had more courage and no fear - so you have no regrets </li> <li>VI.What you always wanted to learn, do feel and have</li> <li>2.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Start with just one behaviors and habits at a time - please understand that changing Behaviors and habits is very-very difficult, even with just one behavior or habit</b> - <b data-redactor-tag="b">If you go for more than one behaviors and habits at a time, you're setting yourself up for failure</b> - this is why New Year's resolutions often fail — people try to tackle more than one change at a time</li> <li>3.Keep it simple - allow yourself to focus and give yourself the best chance for success.</li> <li>4.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Start small - start with a small part of the change that looks</b> <b data-redactor-tag="b">insignificant</b> - Want to exercise - Start with just 5-10 minutes -Want to wake up earlier - Try just 10 minutes earlier for now</li> <li>5.Be consistent and ensure that you don't deviate</li> <li>6.Identify and write the behaviors and habits that you want to change</li> <li>7.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Create a plan with liberal deadline - work from the end result that you desire and work back</b> till you can get into daily action on steps</li> <li>8.Identify and note-down <b data-redactor-tag="b">all your powerful and inspiring WHYs</b> for changing this behaviors and habits - these will act as your motivators when you slip</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">9.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Sleep over these WHYs for few days to create the internal push </b></li> <li>10.Identify all your potential challenges and obstacles - which can derail your plans and get you back into your old behaviors</li> <li>11.Create plans on how will you overcome these challenges </li> <li>12.Create strategies to suppress your urges which triggers the bad behaviors and habits or behavior- for few minutes the urge which will come inevitably and they come in the varying strength</li> <li>13.Now Identify your triggers - what makes you succumb to your old behaviors and behaviors and habits</li> <li>14.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Now for each one of your triggers - create a plan on how will you deal with them </b>- identify a substitute behaviors and habits or action you will do instead - like how will you kill your urge to smoke, drink, eat unhealthy etc. - <b data-redactor-tag="b">you can look at these positive behaviors [given for reference</b>]- going for vigorous exercise, if possible meditation[this is possible if you are a seasoned meditator and can go into trance anytime irrespective what - I can't any do this anytime], Go for long and fast walk, deep breathing, start reorganizing your house, decluttering, repairing anything, gardening and playing instrumental music</li> <li>15.Create a support plan - which person or forum you will seek support from</li> <li>16.Enroll your family members and friends to support you</li> <li>17.Also Identify people who would feel happy - if you fail - avoid or get rid of them</li> <li>18.Identify those who will try to sabotage anything positive you do</li> <li>19.Create a powerful visualization - include all your WHYs and see the future you with new powerful behaviors and behaviors and habits and without your negative ones</li> <li>20.Create a motivating rewards for breaking small-small part of your behaviors and habits</li> <li>21.Make self-care a priority - exercise, relax, sleep and eat well</li> <li>22.Monitor and track your progress regularly Renew your commitment often</li> <li>23.Initially Avoid those situations which makes you compulsively fall for the damaging behaviors and habits that you are trying to change</li> <li>24.When you fail - which may happen many-many times [it can happen even after you have managed to quit a few times] - figure out what went wrong - improvise your methods and come back</li> <li>25.PRACTICE Practice and practice - to strengthen and form behaviors and behaviors and habitss through repetition</li> <li>26.Schedule time for unfocused quiet time just letting the thoughts move freely </li> <li>27.Find clarity through self-awareness by asking - What are your - Passions, Regrets, current biggest challenge, strengths and best and proudest accomplishment, core-values etc.</li> <li>28.Set meaningful goals that not only inspire you but also make you feel great about yourself</li> <li>29.Start acting on your larger than life vision by creating a plan working backwards from the end-goal</li> <li>30.Learn to manage your Finances - better go debt-free and start saving fir future</li> <li>31.Adopt a growth mindset -Focus on the process and not on the outcome</li> <li>32.Seek constructive feedback</li> <li>33.Stop seeking approval and validation and recognition from others</li> <li>34.Spend more time with people who align with your core values, you'll more likely create meaningful growth experiences for yourself that'll help increase your neuroplasticity.</li> <li>35.Stop procrastinating - just take the action </li> <li>36.Raise your standards - never settle less than excellence</li> <li>37.Practice challenges do the thing you're scared of If you feel social anxiety - make one friendly remark to a stranger </li> <li>38.Put yourself in controlled yet stretch situations for Reality testing - this is a useful method to change your perspective around experiences that typically make you feel anxious</li> <li>39.Learn New skills</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">40.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">24 simple Tricks for creating new brain pathways in your mind for forming new behaviors and habits</b></li> <li>I.Feed your brain wit nuts, berries, raisins as well as Vitamin D and magnesium </li> <li>II.Get into the nature regularly</li> <li>III.Form the behaviors and habits of taking power naps for 20-30 minutes every day at middle of your day to give you energy for remaining day</li> <li>IV.Use your Non-dominating to do what you normally do with your dominating hand</li> <li>V.Learn to juggle</li> <li>VI.Play chess, Puzzle games, Sudoku, Word-scrabble</li> <li>VII.Play team game like soccer, basketball, badminton</li> <li>VIII.Go for aerobic exercises by lifting weights, walk, swim, bike, trek or hike</li> <li>IX.Go for Intermittent fasting </li> <li>X.Travel to exposes your brain to new environments, opening up new pathways and activity in the brain</li> <li>XI.Day dream</li> <li>XII.Go for memory training </li> <li>XIII.Expanding your vocabulary</li> <li>XIV.Read Fiction</li> <li>XV.Paint nature, make sculpture or any such</li> <li>XVI.Learn a new language</li> <li>XVII.Learn martial arts</li> <li>XVIII.Learn a new type of dance</li> <li>XIX.Learn to play music instruments</li> <li>XX.Create your own song - by writing lyrics and giving the tune </li> <li>XXI.Play video games which have 3-D adventure games </li> <li>XXII.In the meeting and other places doodle</li> <li>XXIII.Write blogs to share your experiences</li> <li>XXIV.Create YouTube videos on your life experiences</li></ul><div><br></div><p> #changingyourbehaviorpatterns, #createnewbrainpathwaysforchanginghabits, #howtochangeyourhabit, #changeyoursabotagingbehaviorsandhabits, #creatingnewhabits, #getridofoldhabits, #getridofbadhabitsandbehaviors </p>