Presentation for Oral Communication class, describing what is a Habit, why we should start creating new ones, and how to do it. Provide Tips and Examples of habits.
2. What is a Habit
• Involuntary Behavior Pattern
• We all have routines, some are
unnoticeable
– Brush teeth
– Warm up
3. What is a Habit cont.
• Necessity of change something
– Ex. Overweight
• Obstacles. We need motivation
• OBJECTIVE
–Create Long Time
Routines
4.
5. Why create a new Habit
• Development
• Work / Study Success
• Healthy Life
– Exercise
– Reading
– Be positive
6. MOTIVATION IS WHAT GETS YOU STARTED.
HABIT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING.
JIM ROHN
7. How create a Habit
• Only 1 per time, then increase
– Small and Easy
• Set Goals – (concrete and measurable)
– Too easy, lack of motivation
– Too difficult, may burnout
8. How create a Habit cont.
• Use Rewards
– Must worth the work
• Repeat Regularly, set Rules
– Every Day
– 4 Days a Week
– Once a Week
9. Tips to build a Habit
• Develop a ritual
• Attach your habit to some other activity
• Take notes, use apps
• Split habits when they get big
10. Possible new Habits
• Exercise
• Read More
• Eat Healthier
• Keep a journal
• Drink more water
• Drink less alcohol
• Meditate
• Wake up earlier
• Study more
• Less social network
Introduction
Attention Getter: Is any of you creating a new habit right now?
Thesis: I am showing how habits can help the development in anyone of us, making us become more productive, and in general, better persons.
Preview: I talking about what is a habit, how create them, and why it is so beneficial.
Body
What is a Habit:
A Habit is an behavior pattern that we follow until it has become almost involuntary
We all use habits in a daily basis, some of them are so unnoticeable that we don’t even realize, for example: brushing teeth before going to sleep, or warm up before exercise.
The creating of new habits sometimes comes from the necessity of changing something. It is common to see someone that start going to the gym because is feeling overweight.
Habits are difficult to create because there is always something that keeps us away of doing it. That is why we need to find motivation in what we are doing.
The objective is creating long time routines.
The creation of new habits make us develop as a persons, making us better, and probably improving our skills and capacity to learn new stuff.
An improvement on our studying or working habits can result in better scores in class and promotions in our jobs. Driving us to live a more complete life.
Healthy habits, such us practice sport, eat better, be positive, etc. makes us front the life in a better ways we are used to do.
How create a Habit:
Only one change per time, small and easy. Don’t try to change a lot of things, it will be stressful and you may burnout.
----------------------I am not getting into Facebook until I have done all the homework.
Set goals you can achieve, and set a time to complete them. If your goals are too difficult to achieve, you will get tired before complete them, but if they are too easy, it won’t be motivation enough to keep it. Set very concrete and palpable goals.
Make it so easy you can’t say no. —Leo Babauta
“I want to squat 50 pounds more six months from now.”
Use reward as a prize of well done work, but not very often, rewards must be worth the work realized.
Repeat it regularly and constant, you don’t need to do your progressing habit every day. For example; I go to the gym 4 days a week, they don’t have to be necessarily the same days. But you must set the rules before starting it and never cheat.
“I want to lose 20 pounds in the next 4 months.”
-Brush teeth / take pills before sleep, or just after shower.
-Do push ups when you wake up.