Tag: New Habits

2026 Goals: Find Your Purpose

Achieving Goals, Happiness, Health, Leadership, Relationships, Success

Finding your purpose is a well worn phrase and can often cause people to switch off and stop listening. There is another phrase that can be used when talking about purpose that was popularised by Simon Sinek, and that is starting with why.

We all have a central reason why we do what we do and this reason is hard wired into our brain by the time we get to our early 20s. It is our operating model that is the root of our decisions and how we live our lives.

It also comes from the central part of our brain which has no capacity for language. So, identifying what our Why is and describing it can be difficult. The good news is that Simon Sinek wrote books entitled Start With Why and Find Your Why that can help you figure it out.

Once you find your Why it will supercharge your success and happiness in your life. Also, your Why will help you figure out your 2026 goals. Goals that will more likely be reached because they will be aligned with who you are rather than trying to achieve generic goals that you have no emotional connection to.

Chances To Practice Good Habits

Achieving Goals, Happiness, Health, Success

In mindfulness meditation the aim is to focus on the breath and when your mind wanders to gently bring it back to the breath over and over to better control your mind and be more present. However, in order to come back to the breath we need something to come back from. The same can be said of all the things in life that we do not like. They are a chance to practice good habits.

Wishing someone would hurry up is a chance to practice patience. Being faced with an angry person is a chance to practice empathy, as to being angry causes the other person to suffer. Feeling angry ourselves is a chance to practice self control. And on it goes.

Everything in life can be seen as a way to become happier and more fulfilled by practicing good habits. We are what we repeatedly do, so practicing the things that will make us the kind of person that we want to be is a good way to live your life. If practiced well then we become the person that we are trying to be.

Turn Towards The Light

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A shadow is an absence of light. When we focus on what is not working in our lives and all of the negative things it is like we are looking at a shadow. If we change our perspective and turn towards the light our lives look very different.

We can choose what we focus on, if we try. It may require building new habits and letting old habits whither, but it is worth it. We are what we repeatedly do, so change what you do and you will feel the benefit. However, in order for the new habits to stick we have to believe that we are the kind of person who does those things.

For example, you are not quitting smoking you are someone who does not smoke. Turn your attention towards what you want, towards the light, and your life will get better.