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Walk into most any house and you will see at least one (usually several).
They are as helpful as they are ubiquitous.
You use them without even thinking about them and even though you don`t know how they work (or how to program them) you probably use them every single day.
What am I talking about?
Your television remote control.
These little objects come with more and more pieces of electronic equipment from video cameras to fans; but we are most familiar with them and I am going to speak about them in relationship to our television.
How often do you use your television without the remote control?
Even if you know how to change the channels and turn the set on and off without the remote, I`m guessing you look for and use that comfortable remote to do not only the things that only it can do, but also to control the basics functions that you could just walk up to the TV and operate.
Without a doubt the remote control has become so much a part of our lives that we use it without thinking.
Remote controls allow us to do a job easier, faster and with less effort. And, as they have gotten more sophisticated, we can now program these magical remote control devices to do even more functions, to make our lives even easier.
As remarkable as these remote controls are, they aren`t nearly as remarkable as the remote control device that we use in our lives every day.
Our remote control is habit.
Our habits are even more ubiquitous and taken for granted than our remote control. And like a remote control they can make our lives easier; help us get things done faster and with less effort.
Like the more modern remote controls which can be programmed to do a wide range of features, we have complete control of the ability to program our habits.
And while most people don`t know how to program their remote controls (and therefore aren`t able to tap into the vast potential power that they offer), most of us don`t think about or know how to program our habits to be the most useful and powerful either.
While it is certainly a waste of capability for the 27-function programmable remote to be used only for changing channels or turning the TV on and off, it is a much larger travesty when we don`t take the time to learn how to, and then consciously, program our far-more-potentially-powerful habits.
Your Quick-Start Habit Programming Guide
Like any manual for a consumer appliance, there is the long detailed manual and the quick start guide.
Consider what follows as the ultra-quick, let`s-get-started-today manual to programming your habits to aid you in creating the life experience and success you want.
Read it recognizing there is MUCH more to learn. But also read it knowing these steps can be incredibly powerful in your life - right now - when you choose to implement them.
1. Determine a new habit you would like to have in your life. Perhaps it is reading more, eating healthier, exercising more, or any of 100 personal or professional situations. Notice that these habit examples are actually goals that will be reached when you programming a new habit.
2. Determine what habit you are going to let go of to make room for your new habit. For example, if you want to exercise more, and you have determined the morning is the best time for you; you likely will realize your day already seems full. Unless you make an adjustment in your current routine, you will not be successful at programming that new habit. So, to make room for the new habit, you must eliminate another one. (In this case perhaps it is giving up watching David Letterman, so you can go to bed earlier and get up early enough to exercise, maybe you could even record Letterman and watch it while exercising).
3. Allow the program to settle in. Most research says creating a new habit requires at least 21 sequential days. These 21 days of conscious effort are actually programming your subconscious to take the task and hardwire it in to your personal remote control.
That`s it - your quick start guide to programming the most powerful remote control on earth. It will help you select the channels of your dreams, adjust the color to its most vibrant setting, crank up the volume, and even allow for slow motion replay if that is what your life requires.
One last thing, for most of us, one of the best ways to program our life remote with the habits we need for greater success is to pick up that other remote control a little less often.
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