Christine Carter: The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit | TED

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You know how resolutions often go: you set a goal and start strong … then the motivation runs out and feelings of frustration and shame creep in. The struggle is real — but what if it doesn’t have to be? Sociologist Christine Carter shares a simple step to shift your mindset and keep you on track to achieving your grandest ambitions.

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  1. Honestly, this is exactly the thinking that I had going into this new year and the goals I set for myself. Not necessarily one minute, but ridiculously easy things to do at the start of the year and then build up on them so that by the end of the year I might be where I actually want.

  2. this secret seems like being happier. I always do something to be better me than yesterday. this raise my self esteem. the 1 minute habit will help us be happier obviously 🙂

  3. I exercised every single day of the 2 lockdowns that combined came to 6 months of the year. I showered every single day and it was normal. I don't understand why this is so hard. Just do something fun. If you're dreading it, it won't happen.

  4. There is a phrase in cognitive psychology/therapy that is similar. "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly" it's homework towards anti-perfectionism/anti all or nothing thinking. Also my personal new phrase, One step at a time, one thing at a time small steps count.

  5. I cut my run short the other day because it was too cold outside. Ran for seven min instead of fifteen. I gave myself some credit but still felt a little disappointed. This speech helped.

  6. I am highly ambitious but I am easily discouraged and distracted. Changing habits is difficult and mustering motivation is difficult. I want to start meditating, exercising, stop spending money unnecessarily, wasting time on social media, procrastinating, reading the Bible, participating in daily online mass, cleaning every day, and finishing all my assignments early or on time.

  7. 5:15 so right now, ask yourself how you can strip that thing that you have been meaning to do into something so easy you could do it every day with barely a thought?
    "strip" what does that mean in this sentence ? somebody help me out i don't get it i know strip meaning but i don't know why it used this