Habits are the processes held in our brain that allow us to go about our daily lives without having to think. Habits help us conserve energy; they help us repeat behaviours in similar situations; they help keep ourselves safe. They also stick around for a long time, often past their point of usefulness; they can become unhealthy and seem hard to change. Habits are formed in every part of life, and are a naturally occurring process. Habits are held in the subconscious, fear based part of the brain. Habits are encased in the fixed mindset that says it is best not to change. Interestingly with the popular emergence of mindfulness and expansion of knowledge in the field of neuroscience it has been discovered that habits don’t have to be as difficult to change as we think. What Justin Brewer has found in his research is that by being curious about your habits you become more conscious or mindful of the real impacts they are having on your body. The act of being consciousness of these impacts, being curious about the impact and thinking through those impacts rationally are the path to challenging and changing bad habits. At 10k Consulting we believe all performance … Continue reading Being Curious about your Habits can help you Change them!