What I Learned This Week 08.29.20
Sep 07, 2020
August 29, 2020 | by Lisa M. Dublin
- Just Start What You’ve Been Meaning to do.
I did my first Periscope on Saturday morning! I have been thinking of starting to do the live broadcast for weeks now, but I felt I needed more preparation. This morning, I woke up and I knew that I had to begin. It was partly because I had a burning thing to say, and it was partly because this week I made an editorial calendar and yes, I put in that I was going to ‘scope on a Saturday morning. I’ve been on Periscope for the last two months and have had no followers. I did one Scope this morning and now I have 11 followers. If you don’t start, you won’t grow (Tweet this!)
- Make Adjustments When You're in a Crisis
I tried
to keep up with my same dieting and exercise routine throughout the Covid lockdown, but I still put on at least 10 pounds because my old routine was no longer relevant enough for my new reality which is that I am not as active since I now work from home. So I have begun to adjust for COVID. I added one day of walking and one day of stretching to my weekly exercise routine. You know why? Because new times demand new strategies to maintain the same results. Adjust your life for COVID. (Tweet this!)
- To build a new habit, link it to a habit that you have already established
This concept of linking a habit that you want to cultivate to one that you already do, is what is producing my writing life, my praying life, my workout life. James Clear in his book Atomic Habits talks about habit stacking as a way to build habits that last. The way it works is, you want to build a new habit, then do it immediately after a habit that you have already formed. For example, I now don’t forget to take my vitamins every morning, because I moved the vitamins to the same cupboard as the protein powder I use every morning in my protein shake.
QUOTE I LOVED THIS WEEK
The secret to maximizing your odds of success is to choose the right field of competition.