What Is A Habit?

Habit is a recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition. In other words, something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way. 

Typically, most people think of a “habit” as being negative.

“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”–Dale Carnegie

Understand that the secret to your future lies within your daily habits, so ask yourself
right now:

“Are my habits today, going to help me achieve my ‘WHY’ in life?”

This is a life-empowering question if you truly ask it,  and then listen for the answer.

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”–Aristotle

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”–Aristotle

Definition of Habit:

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me,
and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done, and after a few 
lessons I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great men.
And, alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine.
Plus, the intelligence of a man.
You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin; it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me and I will put the world at your feet.
Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.
Who am I?
I am a HABIT!

One of my daily habits which has become the foundation of my life is
spending 45-90 minutes each and every morning, six days a week feeding my body physically by exercising and feeding my mental spirit by reading  my Bible or listening to a motivational message. This habit perks me up for the day ahead.

Everyone washes their physical body and feeds their body each morning, nevertheless, there are still approximately  95% of people who will find an ‘excuse’ about why they can not find the “TIME” to invest in a habit of feeding their MINDS!

“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.”–Norman Vincent Peale

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”–Napoleon Hill

This goes along with the statistic that 95% of people are dead or dead broke by the age 65. I consider this particular daily habit of mine to be the driving force behind my ability to consistently maintain my intense focus on the journey of success and living a dream life.

A good habit is not usually easily maintained.  It will take purposeful action, however, if you commit today,  to begin each morning warming yourself up for the day ahead by feeding your mental spirit,as well as your physical body,  you can be sure that your entire life will change in a positive fashion very quickly.

“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.”–Brian Tracey

It can be expressed as driving a race car with the emergency brake on and then trying to move forward, but you find that you can’t move.  Instead, you remain in the same location with your wheels spinning, burning up, making a lot of noise, but never going anywhere!  When in all actuality, all you have to do is to ‘release the brake’ and you will fly towards your ‘WHY’ in life!!

Your entire future lies in your daily habits—positive or negative. You have the most powerful force  in your hands, the ability to decide what your habits will  be.

What Is A Habit?  Habit is your constant companion, which will either reinforce you or break you down.  The choice of course is yours.

“Winning is habit.  Unfortunately, so is losing.”–Vince Lombardi

If you enjoyed this article, please “Like and Share.”

Angela Valadez
210 601 0267

Be Sociable, Share!

Becoming A Servant Leader!

Becoming a Servant Leader is one of the most powerful attitudes of Leadership we can possess.

“You’ll aways have everything in life that you want, if you’ll help enough other people get what they want.”–Zig Ziglar

“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say ‘I’. And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say ‘I’. They don’t think ‘I’. They think ‘we’; they think ‘team’. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.” –Peter F Drucker

Leadership begins with “servanthood”.  This means that we must die daily to ourselves and put other’s first.  If you put enough other’s first, success will surely follow in “due time.”

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” –Jim Rohn

No one is truly a success in life until he has learned how to become a servant.  It has been said that “the way to the throne-room is through the servant’s quarters.”

“The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.” –William Arthur Ward

“People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” –John Maxwell

“As leaders shift their focus to customers and quality, they realize that the old authoritarian leadership style does not work anymore. To achieve quality, service, and rapid response, leaders must utilize all available talent. They must find ways to inspire, involve, and empower employees. They must create a work environment that encourages commitment, innovation, and cooperation. Instead of evaluating, leaders now coach. Instead of doing, they delegate. Instead of telling, they facilitate. No one is expected to boss anyone. Everyone is expected to participate.” –Dr Suzanne Willis Zoglio

“He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”–Matthew 23:11

“But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.”–Matthew 20:26-27

The most incredible benefit of becoming a Servant Leader is the fact that when you give of yourself to help others, you cannot help but be “personally and abundantly rewarded.”

The “rewards and blessings”  of becoming a Servant Leader will always extend far beyond what can be seen or heard.

“Life is a place of service. Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.” –Leo Tolstoy

Servant Leadership will always promote the individual growth of it’s Followers.

If you enjoyed this article, please “Like and Share.”

Angela Valadez
210 601 0267

Be Sociable, Share!