“Sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit reap a character, sow a character reap a destiny” anonymous

Habits have a powerful influence over us and are sometimes responsible for keeping us heading in directions we don’t want to go in. They are like well trodden paths that we keep returning to because the going is easy and we don’t have to carve our way through new growth which requires more effort.

The secret is to harness the power of habits to work for you through creating new habits that support where you want to go through:

• being aware of your habitual patterns of thinking and related behaviour;
• when you notice a recurring thinking pattern don’t focus  on it – stop and count to 10 and imagine a big X being stamped over it;
• then focus on the new thought that you want to grow as often as you can;
• practice doing this and the better you will get at it.