Habits 2 Goals: The Habit Factor® Podcast with Martin Grunburg

"Habit is neither good nor bad... it's a neutral force we can either craft intentionally to serve our goals or they will form unintentionally, which rarely serves our goals.".." This one begins with a chuckle as MG explains how this episode is a "part deux" recap of Season One's most popular episodes. Due to its popularity, MG wants to set the record straight and revisit both WHY the show has this title in the first place and than address the question itself, "what makes a good habit?" Enjoy the show! Thanks for your help in selecting our Season IV Cover art! The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) Getting Things Done! (Allen's Great Book!) Enjoy and share! Thank you! >>>FREE RESOURCES to keep your mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh Free Webinar: (Mini Course)Why Happiness is a Habit and how to cultivate it! Free Webinar: (Mini Course) Focus & Discipline >> The 28 Day Breakthrough! TRELLO! Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; )   ---------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Pressure Paradox™ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"There was nothing in that work that fed my soul and I can remember... I just felt like my soul was dying" ~Roz Roz Savage holds a law degree from Oxford, is a Yale World Fellow, a Guinness World Record Holder, and the only woman to have rowed across three oceans: The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian (in that order). Yet, Roz spills her guts in this candid interview about being a "recovering management consultant" terribly unhappy chasing a three-car garage and professional career, all while she sensed her "soul was dying." Out of desperation and a great sense of urgency, "while there was still a soul left to shrivel," she dives into the world of self-help/personal development and comes across Covey's great work, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. She is struck by Habit #2, which is: "Begin with the end in mind,"  so she does exactly that by writing two versions of her obituary, one as if nothing were to change and the other as if she had led her ideal life. Check it out! BTW: Be sure to look out for her next big networking event for women... her website: www.rozsavage.com Roz's Favorite Books: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Ishmael Conversations with God Celestine Prophecy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Resources mentioned in the show:  Evernote Noo Map BOOKS: The Habit Factor® **Thanks for checking out, sharing and subscribing to this podcast! More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Habit Factor's Facebook (Private) Accountability Group   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"The mind is for having ideas not holding them." ~David Allen How often do you write down your thoughts? Do you have a system for doing so? Season IV is finally here and Martin breaks down Allen's profound insight in today's MBM (Mind Bullet Monday). His point; the best use of our minds is for creating new ideas but NOT for holding them. Note: There is an added bonus when we write our ideas down... can you guess what it is? Thanks for your help in selecting our Season IV Cover art! Getting Things Done! (Allen's Great Book!) TRELLO! Enjoy and share! Thank you! >>>FREE RESOURCES to keep your mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh Free Webinar: (Mini Course)Why Happiness is a Habit and how to cultivate it! Free Webinar: (Mini Course) Focus & Discipline >> The 28 Day Breakthrough! Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; )   ---------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Pressure Paradox™ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." ~Socrates How much do you value the unknown? How much do you appreciate what you do not know? Rumi - the great Sufi mystic put it this way. "Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment." And, Lao Tzu the great Chinese philosopher said, “To know that you do not know is true knowledge. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.” So, Socrates put it one way, Lao Tzu and Rumi another! On the cusp of Season IV, (BE SURE TO VOTE FOR THE NEW COVER ART HERE! It takes just two clicks!!) This "bridge" episode challenges the listener to embrace the unknown. "Not knowing can be incredibly liberating and lead you to a place of trust and faith." Rather than being totally self-defeating, learning to appreciate and accept what you don't know can take you to a place of powerful humility. The smartest most logical people in the world ultimately, run up again the unknown. Logic is built upon and founded upon what was once unknown and seemingly illogical. The iChing - Book of Changes Tao Te Ching Also linked below w/ the app and book! ; ) So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F R E E resources: PDF (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! Learn more! >> The 28 Day Breakthrough!   Don't forget to check out: The Pressure Paradox™ ; ) FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; )   ---------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"Be like water..." ~Bruce Lee [STEP #9, MASTERY, in this BREAKTHROUGH mini-series, "How to Make 2018 Your Best, Breakthrough New Year Ever!"] Step #9 =  The Mastery Mindset! Step #1: Decide Step #2: Assess Step #3: Values, Mission and Vision Step #4: Passion & Purpose Step #5: Energy & Enthusiasm Step #6: GOALS! Step #7: HABIT! HABIT! HABIT! Step #8: HabitStrength™ When you think about the concept of "mastery" what comes to mind? Martin begins this show reviewing that invariably, after you go through each of the first 8 steps, you will come upon OBSTACLES. It's the true Master who regards obstacles as simply opportunities in disguise. Recall, that there are three great constants in life; change, choice and principles. Therefore the idea of mastery as a destination— an arrival point— can only be an illusion. If change is a constant, and it is, the idea of perpetual learning to become a "master" is essential. In this episode Martin recaps the very traits essential to the Mastery Mindset and even takes his cue from an unlikely source, H2O. The mastery mindset encapsulates a lot of ideas, including; the "beginner's mind" OR the idea that "every day is day one". The real master never arrives and is therefore, always arriving. "Every day is day one." ~Kelly Slater a couple great books to help form the Mastery Mindset -The obstacle is the WAY -MASTERY -The GRIT Pyramid- (How to develop the HABIT of GRIT) Don't forget out The Pressure Paradox™ ; ) Learn more about MG's new program... The 28 Day Breakthrough! Each week (for this Breakthrough mini-series) we provide you a tool or template to help you process and implement the week's lesson and this week is no different! (see FREE habit and goal template!) Also linked below w/ the app and book! ; ) So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F R E E resources: PDF (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! "Each new day presents a new year and each new year a new day." FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; )   ---------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"Discipline is a habit. GRIT is a habit. The more good behaviors you can habituate the less you will need to rely on willpower." [STEP #8,  (week #8) in the BREAKTHROUGH mini-series, "How to Make 2018 Your Best, Breakthrough New Year Ever!"] Step #OCHO =  HabitStrength!! Step #1: Decide Step #2: Assess Step #3: Values, Mission and Vision Step #4: Passion & Purpose Step #5: Energy & Enthusiasm Step #6: GOALS! Step #7: HABIT! HABIT! HABIT! And, now we delve into... part deux of Habit; HabitStrength! Think about habit development just like muscle development. It isn't about a set number of days, it's about a process and the P.A.R.R. process/method we covered in the last episode. People don't go to the gym and ask, "How long will it take to develop my biceps?" No. They start with 15lbs and curl that weight until within a few weeks it feels light (they get stronger) so they up the weight to 20lbs then 25, 30, 35lbs, etc. Each successive week of planning, acting, recording and reassessing helps to develop the muscle and coincidentally the related HABIT. This is how one creates automaticity (a stronger habit) so you do not have to rely on willpower from one day to the next. Repeat after me: DISCIPLINE is a HABIT. GRIT is a Habit.   "Habit is second nature, or rather, ten times nature." William James  Each week (for this Breakthrough mini-series) we provide you a tool or template to help you process and implement the week's lesson and this week is no different! (see FREE habit and goal template!) Also linked below w/ the app and book! ; ) So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F R E E resources: PDF (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! "Each new day presents a new year and each new year a new day." FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; )   ---------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Habit Factor's Facebook (Private) Accountability Group This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"Cosmic Habit Force is the greatest of all natural laws. It is Nature's comptroller through which all other natural laws are coordinated.” ~Napoleon Hill [STEP #7,  (week #7) in the BREAKTHROUGH mini-series, "How to Make 2018 Your Best, Breakthrough New Year Ever!"] Step #7 =  HABIT! (Cosmic Habit Force, Habit Alignment & P.A.R.R.) Step #1: Decide Step #2: Assess Step #3: Values, Mission and Vision Step #4: Passion & Purpose Step #5: Energy & Enthusiasm Step #6: GOALS! And, now we delve into... HABIT! HABIT. HABIT. HABIT. It's worthwhile to keep in mind that when The Habit Factor® was first  introduced, habit was an afterthought if any thought at all when it came to goal achievement. This was primarily due to its negative connotation, "smoking, drinking, drugs," etc. Even in what is regarded as one of the best self-help books of all time, Think & Grow Rich, habit, as a force for goal achievement was NOT identified, not as a specific process to develop and align habits to one's goals. In fact, it took Mr. Hill (link) in his own words, another "twenty years" to recognize what he left out of Think & Grow Rich. It was HABIT or as he put it, "Cosmic Habit Force" So, what does this mean to you? In real words/language? Simply, put, HABIT or, Habit Alignment Technology™ is the most efficient way for your to achieve your goals. In this episode, Martin specifically talks about the force of habit and / or Cosmic Habit Force plus, Habit Alignment Technology™ and the P.A.R.R. methodology to create enduring, positive habits. "Habit is second nature, or rather, ten times nature." William James  Each week (for this Breakthrough mini-series) we provide you a tool or template to help you process and implement the week's lesson and this week is no different! (see FREE habit and goal template!) Also linked below w/ the app and book! ; ) So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F R E E resources: PDF (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! "Each new day presents a new year and each new year a new day." FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; )   ---------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Habit Factor's Facebook (Private) Accountability Group This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"Success is goals, and all else is commentary.” ~Brian Tracy [STEP #6,  (week #6) in the BREAKTHROUGH mini-series, "How to Make 2018 Your Best, Breakthrough New Year Ever!"] Step #6 =  GOALS! Step #1: DECIDE. Step #2: Assess Step #3: Values, Mission and Vision Step #4: Passion & Purpose Step #5: Energy & Enthusiasm And, now we're on to step #6, GOALS!!! BT is a hero and a living legend in the personal development space and I'm fairly sure NOBODY has created more quality personal development content than Mr. Brian Tracy. Point is... the man is a walking 'master-class' in personal development and if he's suggesting goals are (equal to) success, than we probably ought to pay more attention to them, right? So, in this episode we do just that... Zig Ziglar used to say, "Don't be a wandering generality, you must become a meaningful specific." Goals allow us to become a meaningful specific. What is your #1 Goal right now? Where is that goal written? Is it posted somewhere were you can see it? Do you revisit your goals often? If so, how often? Why are goals so darn important? First if our energy (recall last episode) can, at any moment, go in any number of different directions than goals force us to focus our energy and attention! Goals help us to concentrate and direct our precious energy toward something that matters to us. So why don't most people set goals? Largely because A) they don't really understand the importance of goals. And, B) they don't understand the process to set and achieve goals. This episode is all about "A" above... Really, understanding the importance of goals to the point where we can't ignore them and the next couple weeks we will dig into The Habit Factor's method for goal achievement! Remember, each week we provide a tool or template to help you process and implement the week's lesson and this week is no different! So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F R E E resources: PDF (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! "Each new day presents a new year and each new year a new day." FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; ) Related Show Resources / Books 8 Category Wellness Wheel: (Template!) ( visit: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com )  ----------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Habit Factor's Facebook (Private) Accountability Group This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ~R.W. Emerson [Here's STEP #5 (week #5) in our BREAKTHROUGH mini-series, "How to Make 2018 Your Best, Breakthrough New Year Ever!"] Step #5 =  Energy & Enthusiasm! Step #1 was about Deciding. Step #2 was about Assessing Step #3 was about Values, Mission and Vision Step #4 was about Passion & Purpose And, now we're on to Energy & Enthusiasm! It's simple math really... YOU are energy and your goal is going to require energy in order to be achieved.  Mark twain once quipped, "And what is a man without energy? Nothing— nothing at all." It cannot be over-stated... the quality of your energy and enthusiasm will have a direct influence upon the achievement of your goals. The quality of your energy and enthusiasm will have a direct influence upon your goals! #habits #goals (tweet that one ; ) So, when it comes to your "energy being" what do you do DAILY to optimize your energy? What is your diet like? Have you fine-tuned your diet lately? Are you tracking any habits related to your diet? Are you tracking any diet objectives? For instance how many glasses of water you drink a day? What about your exercise? What exercise habits are you tracking? If "health is the first wealth" and it is. Consistently optimizing your wellness, health/energy system is an essential foundation of goal achievement and and will help ensure that your next year will be your best year ever! So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F RE E resources: PDF (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! "Each new day presents a new year and each new year a new day." FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; ) Related Show Resources / Books 8 Category Wellness Wheel: (Template!) ( visit: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com )  ----------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Habit Factor's Facebook (Private) Accountability Group This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe

"The unexamined life is not worth living.” ~Socrates [This is STEP #4 in our BREAKTHROUGH mini-series, "How to Make 2018 Your Best, Breakthrough New Year Ever!"] Step #4 =  Passion & Purpose. Step #1 was about DECIDING. Step #2 was about ASSESSING Step #3 was about Values, Mission and Vision And, now we're on to passion and purpose! You may be thinking... "Oh no! More work!?" Recall Lao Tzu's famous statement, "Knowing others is wisdom, knowing our self is enlightenment"" So, in this episode, we do exactly that, further examine ourselves; our passions,  strengths, weaknesses and in the process may just discover our purpose. The good news is this, if you've been struggling to identify your purpose, chances are these exercises are going to help get you a lot closer. Finally, to underscore the significance of this important step, "Your purpose in life is to find you purpose and give your whole heart to it." ~Buddha So, get AFTER IT! Be sure to click on the F RE E resources: PDF's (pdf 1 and 2- Strength & Weakness + Passion & Purpose) (located at: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com Enjoy and share! Thank you! "Each new day presents a new year and each new year a new day." FREE resource to keep that mind tuned!! As a Man Thinketh  Check it out and be sure to subscribe! >> Thank YOU for checking out this episode and we're always grateful when you SHARE our stuff w/ your friends and help us by writing a review ; ) Related Show Resources / Books 8 Category Wellness Wheel: (Template!) ( visit: http://podcast.thehabitfactor.com )  ----------- More Resources (FREE! The Habit Factor's Tracking Template) The Habit Factor® (website: BLOG, tips, tools and other resources) The Habit Factor® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Pressure Paradox® Book (Amazon Kindle) The Habit Factor app (iOS, Android) The Habit Factor's Facebook (Private) Accountability Group This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit habits2goals.substack.com/subscribe