Maybe I can use plain text instead of software to track my habits.
Category Archives: Self-development
Automated system
Creating an effective and automated system is very important.
I always look at the tools. But any tools should be built on a good system. Tools are medium. I must know how to use these tools.
With an effective and stable system, you don’t even need a tool with high technology.
EP 2 The tree of habits
Hi, I’m Qiran. Today I would like to share with you some of my understanding about habits.
In my life, the concept of cultivating habits is gradually becoming one of the most important parts.
In my opinion, habit is a compound interest. The fruits or effects of habits will grow faster and faster in the long run.
For me, one of the examples of daily habit is writing journals. Maybe it’s my longest habit, which started from my middle school time. Now it has become my important… ...βββ
How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)
There are three layers: outcomes; process; identity.
Identity is the deepest.
“I’m not a smoker” is better than “I don’t smoke.”
… ...βββThe system of a dictatorship has a very different set of beliefs like absolute authority and strict obedience. You can imagine many ways to try to get more people to vote in a democracy, but such behavior change would never get off the ground in a dictatorship. Thatβs not the identity of the system. Voting is a
Introduction and Chapter 1
Introduction: My Story
The writer shared the exprience when he was in high school. He was hit by a baseball bat.
THE FUNDAMENTALS Why Tiny Changes Make a Big Difference
The Surprising Power of Atomic Habits
You can start as a small win.
… ...βββHabits are the compound interest. Your habits can compound for you or against you.
Positive Compounding: Productivity compounds; knowledge compounds; relationship compounds.
Nagative compounding: Stress compounds; negative thoughts compound;
Thinking aloud
Speak out your thinking, thinking aloud can improve your cognitive thinking.
THE PROCRASTINATOR IN YOUR LIFE
MANAGING PEOPLE WHO PROCRASTINATE
Due to procrastination, employees lose their productivities and cause companies billions of dollars lost.
COMMITMENT VS. COMPLIANCE
As a manager, you need to use inviting commitment rather than demands for compliance.
FOCUSING ON STARTING VS. FINISHING
Effective managers always have the ability to communicate with their employees. Focusing on starting is much more effective for a perfectionist.
GETTING RESULTS OR GIVING CRITICISM
… ...βββFINE-TUNING YOUR PROGRESS
PLANNED SETBACKS
You can try to plan procrastination when you meet a big project, and record your self-statement, these statements may be your old pattern.
RESILIENCE AND HARDINESS
Resilience
Resilience is very important when you fail, every time you fail you can bounce back from it and know your performance isn’t your self-worth, but your performance is connected to your perseverance. You don’t need to be responsible for what had happened to you, but you need… ...βββ
WORKING IN THE FLOW STATE
Being into the state of flow is beneficial to your mental and physical health.
USING MORE OF YOUR BRAIN
Using your left side of your brain is important, you need to shift into a state of flow. You need to stop your linear thought.
ITβS ONLY YOUR FIRST DRAFT
Creativity is important, how to get into it? You need to suspend criticism and linear thought and get into the state of flow.
LEARNING TO FOCUS
Here is an exercise of focus just needs two minutes, it is intentionally created in two minutes… ...βββ
6. THE UNSCHEDULE
When things start, we find the projects take less time than your thinking.
EVEN PRODUCERS NEED A SYSTEM
This system is recording your time in the period of working, record every time in your period, you will reduce your fear about your so-called threatening subject.
REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY
If you restrict your time of the study, you may have an aversion about it, you want to break the authority for yourself, and you will find you will increase your time of the study. So, set a rule of your… ...βββ