Jeff & Sheldon: How to Make Habits that Actually Stick

Stories of Hope in Hard Times

Jeff Corrigan and Sheldon Mills of the Idea Gym podcast are no strangers to setting and reaching goals. Today we talk about some of the key ingredients to making good habits stick which will change your life for the better.

Episode Discussion Points

• The great white tiger Mohini’s story and how that applies to limiting beliefs that seem to hold us captive and stuck.
• Jeff shares a story in his life where life got really hard and very busy, and he had to evaluate what habits were most important to keep him going.
• power in habits in keeping your momentum moving forward when we’re trying to push passed limiting beliefs
• Jeff’s daily habits included: daily scripture study, journaling, listening to personal development books,
• Jeff noticed the things being taught in the scriptures were the same things being taught in personal development books and he started wondering how he could apply these things in his life.
• Jeff’s & his wife pushed forward searching for answers to her health challenges until wife was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease.
• In order to help his wife manage her health, they have had a complete lifestyle change, especially with diet. These changes happened a little at a time, but their overall impact has helped them both become healthier.
• How God helps us work through life line upon line, one baby step at a time.
• If not seeing progress, remember to be patient, then identify the end result/identity shift you are trying to make (instead of saying you want to lose 30 pounds realize the real goal is you want to live a healthier lifestyle).
• “if you want to change your life, you have to change something you do daily.”—Sheldon
• The power of having an accountability partner
• We know we can get stuck in bad habits, now let’s shift that and get stuck in good habits.
• One of the core fundamentals to developing a habit is a concept called
• Decide who you want to be and prove it to yourself by small daily wins.
• Don’t quit when you miss a day. Just keep going.
• Core Fundamental Upper and Lower Limits.
• This means establishing a maximum and a minimum you are going to do for a goal each day/week—not an all or nothing (because we inevitably don’t fulfill those).
• Ex: Lower limit writing one sentence in my journal; Upper Limit—writing a 1-2 pages (but don’t overdo it—set a max).
• "It’s not about getting there tomorrow, it is about progress each day.”—Jeff
• The best routine is something you will actually do.
• If you want to change the shape of your hour, change 10 minutes of that hour. If you want to change the shape of your day, change what you do this hour.

Favorite Bible Verse and Quotes

“Ships turned about with a very small helm.”—from James chapter 3

“The minutes and hours well-spent are the building blocks of a good life.” —Sheldon

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Transcription

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