Comments on: How to Be Successful by Developing Killer Habits

By: Annie - Success With Foreign Languages

Annie - Success With Foreign Languages — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:25:42 +0000

When I first discovered that I could teach Mandarin online, I was so excited but unsure. I teach as a non-native speaker and have a great passion to teach others how to speak better as I have learnt many languages since I was 2 years old. I discovered whenever I get a great feedback from my students, I feel more empowered and want to improve. It drives me further to develop winning habits. It is easy to have killer habits; each step taken is a positive step towards success.
.-= Annie – Success With Foreign Languages´s last blog ..Poor Kid, Many Languages =-.

By: Do You Speak The Language of Success? | The Way of Money

Do You Speak The Language of Success? | The Way of Money — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:52:24 +0000

[...] How to be Successful by Developing Killer Habits (by Stephen Mills of The Rate Race Trap blog) [...]

By: How to Be Successful by Believing in Your Dream — The Rat Race Trap

How to Be Successful by Believing in Your Dream — The Rat Race Trap — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:47:42 +0000

[...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Or Subscribe to The Rat Race Trap by Email Thanks for visiting!Note: This is the fifth article in the series “How to be Successful by…”. This series examines what traits successful people have in common. Here are the first four articles in the series: How to be Successful by Practicing Resilience How to be Successful by Taking Responsibility 17 Ways to Achieve Heroic Goals How to Be Successful by Developing Killer Habits [...]

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:41:58 +0000

@Jonathan, I’ve also read that you should work on a new habit regularly for about 3 months. My experience is that after 1 month I’m pretty well established, but we are all different. Thus the advice to everyone is to know yourself and work within your own requirements. In the end, constant focus on improving and maintaining your own habits is a lifelong pursuit. And a very pleasurable one I might add. Don’t procrastinate your own growth!

By: “So are you going to start updating again?” | Lost in Translation

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:30:39 +0000

[...] here, so I’m going to make an effort to start posting again. Stephen at The Rat Race Trap has a great post on developing killer habits today, and I’ll be applying some of his advice to this blog to get it up and running again. [...]

By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills

Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:55:23 +0000

Stephen, you are correct about the neuro pathways still remaining. Deeply ingrained habits create well established neurological pathways that take a very long time to shallow out. The more you practice a new habit the quicker you establish a new preferential neurological route.

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:41:44 +0000

@Albert, wow! Thank you for the kind comments. I’m getting better at articulating my thoughts. This writing is new to me.

@Giovanna, Aligning with a higher purpose is my favorite part of establishing new habits too. It is such a powerful motivator.

@Jonathan, I’ve read that the new pathways are laid down and the old pathways are still there. That is why it is so easy to slip back into bad habits even after they are discarded. All it takes is a trigger. That’s one reason why it is so important not to fall off of the wagon and go back. Not even once.

@Robin, I love this:

“We become excitingly empowered when we end bad habits and take on healthy life-giving new ones.”

You have a beautiful way with words Thank you for your comments.

By: Robin Easton

Robin Easton — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:14:57 +0000

We regain self-esteem when we end bad habits and take on new ones. We also become more conscious, as bad habits do not require us to be conscious or aware. And often they further deaden any awareness that we do have. We become excitingly empowered when we end bad habits and take on healthy life-giving new ones. I encourage anyone wanting to ditch bad habits to do so, because this is your LIFE and you deserve the best life possible. Love yourself by following Stephen’s advice.

By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills

Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:10:51 +0000

Great article Stephen,

Scientist say that it takes 21 days to break an old habit but the time to adopt a new one can take much longer. The good news is that once established, our new desirable habit will help us avoid slipping back into less beneficial behavior.

By: Albert | UrbanMonk.Net

Albert | UrbanMonk.Net — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:15:59 +0000

Hi Stephen, found you from Glen’s blog, and I’m glad I did. I’m enjoying your indepth discussions here, and will be poking around your archives!