It is not long when a baby learns to roll over, get on his fours, learns to stand and before you know it, you cannot keep up with him. Similarly, when learning desired behaviors or habits, it is incremental. Having said that, we need to surround ourselves with individuals that will nurture our desired demeanor, much like a mother encourages her child to become agile. A well-known American author, entrepreneur, and philosopher Jim Rohn indicated that we are the average of the five individuals we associate with, and I have observed that it is true. The last thing we want to do is to spend time with so called friends that tear down instead of building and fostering your desired character. When at a restaurant, and you hear someone laughing uncontrollably across the way, what is your reaction?
Invariably, we also begin to laugh even though we do not have a clue of what was said. There is no doubt that what others say and do is contagious, so we need to learn to kindly scrutinize with whom we are spending time. Since happiness is catchy, it is one of the simplest forms of instilling a habit of a cheerful outlook. I am a huge proponent of inducing a natural cocktail of brain chemicals that will spur you on to applying admirable habits. In the past I have stated that the biggest obstacle we have is the one found between our ears. What are these brain chemicals? First, there is dopamine which influences a happy mood. This is triggered by Identifying your core strengths and the positive difference of applying your one of kind strengths daily. Ask yourself, how can I bring value to the moment? We are all teachers in one way or another, avoid the routine in how you teach, shake thing up in ways that you are also excited about what you are teaching, in which case, your student will sense it, and the excitement becomes mutual. There is a cause and effect in your modified manner of doing things, the impact is obvious, thus, it triggers dopamine, the happy hormone. Secondly, there is serotonin which "regulates" your sleep, diet, and chronic pain. Otherwise, low levels of this chemical are attributed to depression. To trigger serotonin, you must be physically active, move, move, and move on a regular basis. Not encouraging body building, just take your dog or let your dog take you for a walk around the block for at least thirty minutes three times a week. I have heard say that we dig our grave with our teeth, and science has shown this to be true. Make a conscious effort of the effects of food you are ingesting. Make sure to include foods that include excessive amounts of "tryptophan" which is a precursor to producing serotonin levels. Foods you can eat with elevated levels of tryptophan are found in chocolate, oats, bananas, dairy, salmon, Spinach, poultry, eggs to name a few. There are two more brain chemicals that are essential for forming great habits, be looking out for them on our next post.
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