Sandra Possing

Life Coach

Sandra Possing is a life coach, speaker, and entrepreneur based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sandra specializes in one-on-one coaching with a focus on mindset and leadership transformation. Sandra received her coaching training from The Coaches Training Institute and has seven years of life coaching experience. She holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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How long does it take to form a habit? Trying to do better
Make it as easy as possible to meet your goal (in other words, make it as easy as possible to wake up early and jump into your routine). If, for instance, you want to commit to running as soon as you wake up, maybe you could start by putting your running shoes right next to your bed. So as soon as you get up, you just get dressed, and then you're committing to just going outside and walking for five minutes. Once you’re outside for five minutes, then you keep going.

Another tip is to be really aware of perfectionism. Just start small, create some sort of a structure. If the habit you want to get into is working out, maybe put a little 30-minute time slot in your morning schedule and just keep practicing showing up—it doesn't have to be perfect. Just keep going, begin again. Over time, it's like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets. So the more you keep going and the more you keep starting every time you fall off, the stronger that muscle gets and pretty soon you have built willpower, you have built discipline because it just becomes a habit.

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