Habits and Skills: Fraternal Twins

“Good habits happen when planned; bad habits happen on their own.” ~M. Grunburg

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Habits and Skills: The Fraternal Twins of Personal Development

We’re bringing back Frequently Asked Friday (w/ Season 12) – on a Monday!

Frequently Asked Friday: Why do Habits and skills share the same space in the “3 Circles of Behavior Echo-System” / Grunburg Behavior Model?

Upon further review, habits and skills share remarkable similarities, making them more like fraternal twins than distant cousins.

Where Habits & Skills Reside:

Both habits and skills, once fully formed, reside deep within the limbic system, specifically in the basal ganglia.

Once a habit or skill is ingrained in the basal ganglia, it becomes seemingly “automatic.”

The Four Stages of Learning or Competence:

When it comes to developing good habits intentionally, it helps to reflect upon the four stages of learning and to think about how you would practice any skill you’re trying to cultivate.

* Unconsciously Incompetent: This stage is characterized by a lack of awareness of both the skill or habit and its potential benefits.

* Consciously Incompetent: In this stage, we become aware of the skill or habit, but lack the knowledge or ability to perform it effectively.

* Consciously Competent: Through intentional and repeated practice, we gain the ability to perform the skill or habit, but it still requires considerable conscious effort and attention.

* Unconsciously Competent: With months and often years of practice, the skill and/or habit becomes automatic and is performed with little conscious thought.

The Formation of Bad Habits

Bad habits rarely require planning or tracking to be formed: Eating or drinking too much, sleeping late, and watching too much TV or, consuming too much social media – these unhealthy habits tend to form all by themselves.

It’s the good, positive habits that tend to require a plan, along with tracking, that facilitates their cultivation.

Enter: The P.A.R.R. Method for Good Habit Development

The PARR method is an acronym for Plan, Act, Record, and Reassess. It offers a powerful framework for cultivating positive habits.

By planning your desired behavior, taking action, recording your progress, and reassessing your approach (after 28 Days – 4 weeks), you can conscientiously shape habits that are aligned with your goals.

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Good habits happen when planned; bad habits happen on their own

Good habits and skills are both essential, related aspects of personal development and, not coincidentally, share a similar path to development.

Enjoy the show!

~mg

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“The Three Circles of Behavior Echo-System” / The Grunburg Behavior Model is a holistic, fluid, and dynamic behavior-change model. It’s the first behavior-change model to demonstrate how our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and even our environment vibrate (echo and reverberate) to influence each other. Hence, the “Echo-System.” Background here.

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