Stephen Scoggins answers three questions: how your upbringing only limits you if you let it, how to build a plan by working backward from your goal, and how to replace bad habits by establishing a routine for 66 days on average to build muscle memory.
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All right, so today's question is a bit of a tongue twister. How much can an unfortunate upbringing or negative upbringing hold you back? Well, the reality is how much you allow it to hold you back. As some of you guys know, I've had a fairly difficult, rocky, A roller coaster of a life kind of getting to where I am today. And I learned a long time ago that the greatest way to kind of get going is to get going. You can look at your past in such a way that you can pull information and good stuff from it and kind of trash the rest of it, right? Get to the place of grace and forgiveness and all that kind of stuff and just move forward. So the only way you get held back by your past is if you allow yourself to get held back by your past. So the idea is to keep moving forward. Take the gifts, take the learnings, take the things that you can put it in your present, but outside of that, keep moving forward.
How do I create a plan to accomplish my goals? The easiest way to create a plan, just even at the basic nature to accomplish your goals, is to start with the end in mind. Clearly articulate the outcome you desire and why you want it. Once you do that, begin to look from where you are today to the outcome you desire and start with the outcome and work backwards, listing out all the steps that you can possibly take to actually make that dream a reality. They could be very basic or it could be very comprehensive. But as long as you have steps to take you from where you are today to where you want to be, you'll be able to accomplish your goals in no time.
How do you take a bad habit and replace it with a good one? Well, the easiest way to do that first of all, is to acknowledge the habit that you want to replace. What you don't acknowledge, you can't change. So you need to acknowledge it, be aware of it, and clearly articulate what that. Articulate what that thing is. On top of that, the next step you're going to do with that is you're going to create a daily routine that allows you to take a step towards replacing that habit. The reason is, is because to replace the habit, it's going to take somewhere between 18 and 120 days. The average is 66 days. So you want to have a daily routine that you can take an action on for a minimum of 66 days so you can actually develop muscle memory. And as we like to say, learn to do the push ups, do the pushups, and things get better and get stronger. Take care. Hey guys. I hope you enjoyed this week's Life Mastery Q and A Video. We're doing a new Q and A Video every single Monday. And and if you have questions you'd like answered, simply leave a comment with your question below this video or email us at questionsourningprinciples.com and if we use your question, we'll send you a free gift just to say thank you.
