The 1% Shift: Navigating New Year Resolutions and Building Lasting Change

Progress is not achieved by sudden flight but by gradual steps of introspection, adaptation, and perseverance.

Together with Dr. Wims, let’s analyze the shortcomings of New Year’s resolutions, attributing their lack of success to unrealistic expectations and the absence of a structured plan for change.

By shedding light on James Clear’s concept of making 1% changes through consistent habits, she emphasizes the power of small, incremental shifts over grand but unsustainable transformations. She urges her listeners to recognize existing habits and strategically introduce new ones, creating an environment conducive to change. Instead of focusing on impossibly high-end goals, prioritize positive self-talk and gradual, attainable changes.

Encourage yourself to accept gradual changes, maintain a positive mindset, and persevere through setbacks, understanding that enduring transformation is a journey, not an instantaneous achievement.

🎉 New Year, new me: resolutions as a tool for changing our lives, but why are those not working? 01:06
🗓️ Social pressures and creating new habits: we don’t have a system, yet we hope for change. 04:20
🔑 Small shifts are essential for the breakthrough moment: 1-minute shifts and ice cube melting explanation. 05:39
💪 Encouraging yourself to make 1% change: the craving, response, reward. 09:07
🧱 Using stacking and combining things you love with new things: small ideas on how to make a system for a change. 10:31
🔍 We already have habits in our life, just notice them: the cue, craving, behavior, and reward. 12:37
🧠 Mental health change: look at your habits and how you are watching yourself. 14:50
📈 Gradual change for improvement: don’t get discouraged by the setbacks. 16:20

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