The Luminaries Journal
Posts tagged with #behavior-change.
This archive holds every Luminaries article tagged behavior change. 7 articles so far, working through personal growth, leadership and discipline, all written by Abraham Ojo. The most recent is "Most Resolutions Collapse by February 9th. Habits Take 66 Days to Stick. Most People Quit 26 Days Short.". Each post stands on its own, and the full list is at the bottom of this page.
Gym data shows most resolutions break by February 9th. Research says a habit takes 66 days to feel automatic. Most people quit 26 days before it would have worked.
Unsolicited advice makes you feel generous and makes them feel controlled. The people who actually change behavior around you do it because they watched you, not because you told them.
You did not choose these beliefs. You absorbed them before you were old enough to question them. Now they run every major decision you make without your permission.
Leadership is not a position. It is a behavioral event. It happens the moment someone watches what you do and quietly changes what they do because of it.
The reason you only execute under deadline pressure is not weak willpower. It is a trained nervous system. And trained systems can be retrained.
7 articles by Abraham Ojo, grouped by the theme each one works through.