The more I focus on my personal health and growth, and the more I do the same in coaching other people, the more I’m convinced that the secret to all of this is “changing our habits.”

Did you know that most of your habits were developed before you were eight years old?  Yep – and those habits that were developed in young childhood can sometimes be the toughest ones to change.  It takes hard, focused work to change habits, but once the new habits are in place, life begins to unfold in magical ways.

I’m personally committed to lifetime growth and balance. As I work on myself, I’m getting better at changing my habits. My goal is to eliminate (or minimize) my bad habits, develop good new habits, and improve upon my existing good habits.

I’ve written before about the importance of understanding one’s personal priorities in life, and then to set goals to grow in each of those priority areas, with focus on relative balance.

I’m now working hard on a new area of coaching, and that is to set up an approach to specifically develop ones habits in each of the priority areas.  With this in mind, I’m working on a book that will address:

  • Habits of SPIRITUALITY
  • Habits of PHYSICAL HEALTH
  • Habits of RELATIONSHIPS
  • Habits of EMOTIONAL HEALTH
  • Habits of LEARNING
  • Habits of EXCELLENCE at work
  • Habits of FOCUS
  • Habits of MINDFULNESS
  • Habits of CONFIDENCE
  • Habits of RELAXATION and REST
  • Habits of RESILIENCE
  • Habits of GENEROSITY
  • Habits of FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE and STEWARDSHIP

Each of these HABITS will be the topic of a full blog post, as well as a full chapter in my book.  In the meantime, my point is this: I believe that “Personal Discipline Leads to Personal Freedom,” and the discipline to continuously improve upon our basic habits is one of the most important keys to living an exceptional life.

Why don’t you take a few minutes, look at the list of habits above, and consider some of your own habits – either ones that you want to eliminate, or others that you want to establish.

It is really very simple, yet difficult.  Anyone can do it, yet very few do.  The few who do commit to this type of lifetime improvement are the ones that achieve their dreams and make the biggest difference in the world.

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