As you may be aware, I am currently reading Steven R. Covey’s book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, and have been challenged to change my thinking of life, as well as trying to put these new teachings into my life to become a more effective person.
Certainly changing habits is quite difficult, I know that I am still learning how to do that, and there are certain tools out there that help you form a new habit. HabitForge claims that if you do something daily for 21 consecutive days, it has become a habit. I personally know that I have tried, and failed numerous times to use such a tool, I’ve only ever managed to get to about Day 5 before failing, primarily due to the weekend. The weekend certainly limits habits.
What I really need, and any person who is trying to form new habits, is to find someone to be accountable with. Basically they will be the “HabitForge” in your life, rather than an email. I know that with the email, is is much easier to click “yes” you have completed the task for the day, than it would be to lie to someone’s face or phone call. I’m not saying that having an accountability partner means you won’t lie, I just find it much more difficult.
Having read the majority of the book, there are aspects of my life that I wish to change, and I need to find myself and accountability partner. I will also subscribe to HabitForge, but I would also prefer a real person to keep me accountable. If you feel you would be willing to provide that task, please leave a comment, use the contact form, or email me.
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And I read Covey’s book “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”. It functions as the sequel to The Seven Habits. In this book Covey proclaims that “the challenges and complexity we face today are of a different order of magnitude.”
I have heard about the book “The 8th Habit” by Covey, I’m still yet to finish the first book. I know it has taken me longer than I should, but I’m not a huge reader to start with. I definitely will check it out when I finish the first one.