2. Cold Turkey
If you’re well aware of your habit and it still gets the better of you, you may need to rearrange your life a little bit. Try tracking your habit: keep a list of when, where, and why your habit appears so you can more effectively remove the behavior from your life.
This may mean taking different routes to work and , what I think is most important- avoiding certain people who tend to bring out your bad side for a while, until you feel confident that the habit is kicked.
If your habit involves substances such as alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana, this means immediately and completely abstaining from it, and even suffering through withdrawal OR just being totally negative in your work and the people around you. Being negative and paranoid in your work is the number one issue in business.
But this is good; it’s the first step in becoming the person you’ve always wanted to be.
This may mean taking different routes to work and , what I think is most important- avoiding certain people who tend to bring out your bad side for a while, until you feel confident that the habit is kicked.
If your habit involves substances such as alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana, this means immediately and completely abstaining from it, and even suffering through withdrawal OR just being totally negative in your work and the people around you. Being negative and paranoid in your work is the number one issue in business.
But this is good; it’s the first step in becoming the person you’ve always wanted to be.
3. The Tier Method
Self-control is like a muscle that needs to be strengthened through practice. If you find that you can’t give up a habit in one fell swoop — which can actually increase cravings and put you at risk for relapse — you may need to wean yourself off of a certain behavior.
The most popular way of doing this is by systematically cutting back your intake by half at regular intervals. For example, if you’re used to drinking 30 beers a week, force yourself to only drink 15 for a given period of time. Eventually, when you feel you’re ready, lower it to 7-8, then 3-4, etc. until you’re no longer compelled to overindulge and you can exert control over your habit.
By putting your habit (or addiction) in hindsight, you’ll begin to see the beauty of the present moment (most addicts are blind) and enjoy a new-found freedom of choice.
The most popular way of doing this is by systematically cutting back your intake by half at regular intervals. For example, if you’re used to drinking 30 beers a week, force yourself to only drink 15 for a given period of time. Eventually, when you feel you’re ready, lower it to 7-8, then 3-4, etc. until you’re no longer compelled to overindulge and you can exert control over your habit.
By putting your habit (or addiction) in hindsight, you’ll begin to see the beauty of the present moment (most addicts are blind) and enjoy a new-found freedom of choice.
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