Pavan Siripurapu

Habits are essentially what define us. Good habits result in positive routines, efficiency and order. Reversely, bad habits take us in the opposite direction and lock us into rigid, negative patterns of behavior. Our happiness or lack thereof, success or lack of and even health and fitness levels are all tied into and the result of daily habits. The stark reality is, we may know how to eat healthy, how to exercise and how to get in shape yet we find ourselves no closer to reaching our goals than we were months back. We may have the best intentions to improve ourselves but find we are still "wallowing" and practicing the same destructive habits. What gives? It is, for the most part, hard to form new, healthy, "lasting" habits even with the best intentions to become better. However, there is a way to move past these seeming "stumbling blocks" of resistance that arise and try to keep us locked into damaging, unhealthy habits. What is this secret formula we can follow that renders these blocks neutral? Believe it or not, there is a lot of science behind the process of habit formation and a "habit-forming" formula that actually works is available for anyone to use. Here's the secret: "Dream big; start small." In other words, pick just one habit that you want to change for the better. Keep it small and attainable and focus your energy on that small/tiny habit for a period of 21 days to one month. By keeping it small and simple, you eliminate the temptation to say "no," and the more likely you are to keep going.