Does the saying ‘old habits die hard’ resonate with you? Are you stuck in a rut and wondering how you can turn your bad habits into good ones? Join Neil as he discusses the importance of creating good habits, healthy habits that you absolutely should be incorporating into your day and how to implement them.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The rules of the game have changed yet again, and they will change again over time. You need to realise that creating habits will get things done pretty much automatically. Habits are fantastic shortcuts for your brain and they minimise the amount of effort necessary to perform an operation. They are easy to live with once you have built them, but they are very hard to break.
The reason it is so difficult to build habits, is because you already have habits that perhaps you are not aware of. Your old habits will persist until they are overwritten with new, updated habits. Habits are just like software for your brain, they are running in the background, out of sight.
Have yourself a target time to go to bed at night. That may be 10pm or 3am, it doesn’t matter so long as it works for you. The important thing is consistency, your daily pattern is the framework for everything else you do. Do what works well for you.
Movement and exercise is vital. Schedule proper movement sessions throughout your day and ensure this becomes a regular habit. If this isn't in your habit list then you are not recognising who you are. Your body is meant to move and we get sick if we don’t move. Do something, it doesn’t need to be the gym, you can bike, run or walk.
Create good business habits. Create good learning schemes, lesson plans and evaluate if they are working for you. You will already have existing habits when you interact with your students and figure out if these are still working for you. Monitor your habits often because it is only a habit, it is not who you are.
Anything you can do to create resistance and remove barriers between you and bad habits is a good thing. Keep on triggering so that the new habits you are trying to create become automatic for you. It doesn't matter how simple or complex your habits are, they will have a massive effect on you.
BEST MOMENTS
“If you’re in the game..you better know the bloody rules.”
“We should be doing this with our necktop computers, our brains.”
“Ignore everyone else's opinion and follow your own data.”
“Keep an eye on that stuff because that really matters.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Listen to The Tutor Podcast on the Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tutor-podcast/id1369191372)! Build Your Online Course Week 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-online-course/id1369191372?i=1000477109724
Course Planning Week 2: Who Am I?: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-online-course/id1369191372?i=1000477109724
Who are They? (Know Your Punters): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/who-are-they-know-your-punters/id1369191372?i=1000478984529
Read the Weird Things Guitarists Do book by Neil Cowmeadow, which is available now on Amazon. Link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weird-Things-Guitarists-Do-Misconceptions/dp/1519026579/
Contact Neil via this website - com!
ABOUT THE HOST
Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years’ experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS!
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