Discover How To Eliminate The 5 Habits That Sabotage Your Health, Happiness, And Well-Being.

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CREATING A LIFE
WELL-LIVED
DISCOVER HOW TO ELIMINATE
THE 5 HABITS THAT SABOTAGE
YOUR HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND
WELL-BEING

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Invictus (1875) by William Ernest Henley, the poem that
inspired Nelson Mandela during his 27 years in jail for
fighting South African apartheid.

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INVICTUS
UNCONQUERED…UNDEFEATED
 You’re each the master and captain
of creating a life well-lived.
 You can choose from millions of
“maps” guiding you to your chosen
destination.
HOWEVER
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What the maps, or books, or
DVDs, or workshops can’t tell you
is what the trip will be like, what you will
experience along the way, and how to respond to
the storms you always encounter on your journey.

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THE CHANGE PROCESS
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PRESENT
LIFE
DESIRED
LIFE
•Confusion
•Loss of control
•Stress
•Disorientation
•Resistance
•Anger
•Depression
•Annoyance
•Frustration
•Disappointment
•Anxiousness
•Disillusionment

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WARNINGS
(That You’ll Never Read nor Hear)
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TAKE CHARGE OF
YOUR LIFE
Prepare yourself for:
Delays.
Mistakes.
Deprivation.
Loss of control.
Hard work.
Before you buy self-develop material!

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Sometimes, truth feels like a
at a

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Marcel Proust

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SEEING CHANGE WITH NEW
EYES
HABIT DESCRIPTION ABRIDGED
Habit 1: Feeling impatient when results aren’t fast
enough.
Want it now.
Habit 2: Wanting to do things perfectly. Want perfection.
Habit 3: Needing rewards that may conflict with
change efforts.
Need reward.
Habit 4: Feeling overwhelmed. Overwhelmed.
Habit 5: Becoming frustrated when faced with
more work and greater complexity than
expected.
Too much work.
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WHAT DO HABITS
FEEL LIKE?
 Practice
 Routine
 Pattern
 Propensity
 Disposition
 Tendency
 Dependency
 Compulsion
 Accustomed to
 Used to
 Proclivity
 Inclination
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HABITS ARE ADDICTIVE
 Habit formation occurs in the basal ganglia – a cluster of nuclei
between the analytical and emotional brains.
 Habits are learned in chunks and over time become paired with
dopamine-containing neurons.
 Dopamine is released by rewarding experiences such as food, sex,
and drugs…and habits.
 Once habits form, dopamine is immediately triggered when the habit
kicks-in.
 Even if a habit is “broken” the learned pattern remains in the brain
after the behavior is extinguished. This pattern can be re-triggered
by old, durable clues.
 Some habits are convenient, but all habits alter one’s brain
structure, by-passing conscious control over what we are doing.
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AND YOU THOUGHT YOUR
ANALYTICAL BRIAN WAS
IN CHARGE
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New, analytical
brain
Old, back,
emotional brain
The New York
Times, 1/2/07
“…the conscious mind is like a monkey riding a tiger of subconscious
decisions and actions in progress, frantically making up stories about
being in control.”

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WHAT KEEPS YOUR
SABOTAGING HABITS ALIVE?
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PROCESS FOR TRAINING YOUR
MIND & CHANGING YOUR BRAIN

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REGAINING YOUR POWER
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We sow our thoughts, and
we reap our actions;
We sow our actions, and
we reap our habits;
We sow our habits, and we
reap our character;
We sow our character, and
we reap our destiny.
(Attributed to various authors)