The power
of small habits that turn into big rewards.
Focused inward on containing man's capacity for evil through a pattern
of small habits, it runs the risk of atrophying into dry ritual rather than enriching civilized life to the fullest — but that is the worst it does.
I'm a HUGE fan
of small habit change and tiny victories — walking is the PERFECT habit builder.
The answer is simple: Stress (including stress we create with our thoughts and our mind) have EVERYTHING to do with hormones, and the basis of my philosophy for health and nutrition is making lots
of small habit changes overtime for long term health.
Not exact matches
If you're seeing some sort
of discoloration, whether in large or
small amounts, you might want to switch up or be more conscientious about some
of your usual
habits.
The
small gesture isn't rocket science, but just a matter
of having the
habit of wheeling out the sign when someone notices rain.
«You have to let go
of the
small - business mentality to be able to take the next step,» Herjavec said, explaining that the penny - pinching
habits of most
small companies can only get them so far.
But when you make a
habit of keeping your word — in things big and
small — you develop a strong reputation for reliability and trustworthiness.
And given that even
small interruptions - like quickly checking email - can result in a huge loss
of productivity, getting a handle on your email
habits is something better done today than tomorrow.
It's a super-easy
habit that can help us squeeze extra enjoyment out
of the
small, everyday details we usually just forget.
«Even putting away
small amounts
of money will start to build the psychological
habit of getting excited about saving and investing.»
If you have a
habit of procrastinating, or a smoking
habit, your first step is to break it down into
smaller chunks.
Eating a mid-afternoon meal replacement bar doesn't just bridge the lunch and dinner gap, it's an easy way to get in the
habit of eating
smaller meals more frequently.
Plus, the
small routines
of your home life — the ones that normally relax and orient you, like your exercise and coffee
habits — are often on hold while you're on the road.
To steer yourself onto the path
of great success, you first need to have a routine
of small but profoundly impactful
habits
In his book, The Power
of Habit, Charles Duhigg describes keystone
habits as, «
small changes or
habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into other aspects
of their lives.»
Consider the
habits of high - growth,
small - business owners and identifies key steps to growing revenue this year.
It is so easy to overestimate the importance
of one critical event or one «big break» while simultaneously forgetting about the hidden power that
small choices, daily
habits, and repeated actions can have on our lives.
Superlative performance is really a confluence
of dozens
of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into
habit and then fitted together in a synthesized whole.
You've probably heard
of Digit, the free mobile tool that analyzes your spending
habits and stows away
small amounts
of cash to a savings account.
But I was living in South Korea, where many
of my
habits needed to be revised — how I rolled up my jeans, not getting leftovers from a restaurant, saying thank you if someone complimented me on being pale or having a
small face.
Without layers
of bureaucracy or thick encrustations
of habit and naturally attractive to risk - taking types,
small firms are in a much better position to be agile than their corporate competitors.
But in
small doses, those same «bad»
habits can be part
of a healthy lifestyle.
These shopping
habits probably are not news for most big retailers, but for
smaller retailers who struggle to compete and stay relevant in today's digital landscape, attracting millennials may be as easy — and as affordable — as understanding and adapting to the non-traditional shopping
habits of this growing market
of millennials shoppers.
Small down payments, rosy occupancy assumptions, and cheerful average rent projections have a
habit of combining to form a trifecta
of fiscal disaster for the unwary speculator who mistakenly believes he is acting like an investor.
But co-workers did transmit smoking
habits; if a person at a
small firm stopped smoking, his or her colleagues had a 34 percent better chance
of quitting themselves.
But without the
habit of socking away cash and risking the market's ups and downs, you've got no chance, whether you're in passive funds or Bolivian
small caps.
This is one
of the things Heap's Komanoff over and over again is developing good
habits and then doing them consistently over and over and optimizing those
habits and that's how he starts off the book and he says in short the compound effect is the principle
of reaping huge rewards from a series
of small almost minuscule Smart Choices day in and day out.
However easy it is to demonize and to hate from a distance (I won't provide links, but, trust me, the demonization and the hate was quite evident online), it's a bit harder to do so in the context
of a
small college, where
habits of conversation are encouraged, where people talk the talk (even if — sinners as we all are — we don't always walk the walk)
of fairminded openness to the truth, and where Others (not «The Other,» which, as a colleague rightly suggested, is too abstract) are people we encounter day in and day out.
At the same time we are held back by what often amounts to nothing more than a buzzing horde
of small, persistent
habits.
He does not grasp the secret
of its creativity, its ennobling effects upon even
small entrepreneurs, and its reliance on many moral principles, such as honesty, hard work,
habits of cooperation, and the daily inventiveness
of individuals.
And maybe, just maybe, the daily
habit of small acts
of kindness toward the creation can train or aim our hearts to larger acts
of kindness.
Beginning when he was a
small boy and persisting throughout his life, a certain man developed the
habit of spending many hours looking at a stone face which the forces
of nature had etched on the side
of a mountain.
«I am so far resigned to my lot that I feel
small pain at the thought
of having to part from what has been called the pleasant
habit of existence, the sweet fable
of life.
Maybe this isn't the most important moment but all those
small moments have a
habit of adding up and creating a
small outpost for the kingdom
of God.
• Social scientists in the 1960s believed it would take decades
of consistent government pressure to persuade Americans to change their reproductive
habits and have
small families.
Today, the question is posited in the context
of inherited and acquired influences, and
of social psychology, asking how free we are to make decisions, showing that we are free only within a maybe very
small area
of inherited genetic data and acquired social and psychological
habits.
In addition, consumers are adopting the European
habit of making
small grocery trips more frequently in order to incorporate fresh ingredients into their daily meals.
Jaffna sheep are exceedingly
small, having hair instead
of wool, and a horny covering on their knees, caused by a peculiar
habit of kneeling down when eating short herbage.
The plant growth
habit of «NuMex Piñata» is
smaller and tends to decline earlier in the season due to the lack
of chlorophyll produced by the foliage.
And while the study had a fairly
small respondent pool — surveying 300 male and female Americans aged between 18 and 35 that snack regularly — it highlights that consumers are looking to increase the convenience
of their eating
habits.
Instead
of giving your eating
habits an overhaul, make
small changes to save more than 500 calories at dinner.
Koscielny has the
habit of giving up in big games, he hardly endures a
small knock like the way David Luiz can.
Warrior general manager and coach Don Nelson calls his
habit of using a short lineup to exploit mismatches in quickness «going
small.»
I play middle linebacker for a
small college and have a
habit of tackling headfirst, though not with the intention
of spearing; that's just the way I play.
We're all creatures
of habit, but I've learned that even
small changes in my daily routine can make a huge difference.
It is a
small but really bad
habit that can negatively impact on the growth and health
of nails.
Dry cleaning services perform
small wonders, but for those
of you who make a
habit of getting clothes clean most likely do not think
of replicating such feats at home.
Small children are creatures
of habit.
Another big plus for parents trying to keep an eye on little ones who have a
habit of wandering off:
Small picnic shelters were built with three - sided enclosures to provide a safe and secure environment in which to relax.