📺The Sunday Spark [January 29, 2023]

The Sunday Spark!

Hi friends,

I will share a secret with you that I only teach in my habits workshops.

Are you ready?

Here we go:

You Need Shine to Make Habits Stick.

Need more? Read on.

Teaching workshops on habits has taught me that learning to make them very easy is one of the most challenging parts for the attendees to implement.

I don’t blame them. We have been conditioned to “Go Big or Go Home” so much that going small is uncomfortable because our brains won’t consider small a win. Small does not count.

Does that feel painfully familiar to you?

That’s why the author BJ Fogg stresses the importance of not only making the desired behaviors easy, but also celebrating while we are doing the behaviors or right after we complete them, so they turn into habits. He argues, controversially so, that behaviors turn into habits faster by immediate positive emotions accompanying them rather than by repetition.

Celebrating once we wipe countertops or one countertop, with a broad smile or by applauding ourselves or doing a little jump or whatever works for us, is what BJ Fogg calls a Shine moment.

This uncommon positive and immediate rush of feelings is the small reward that wires the new habit faster into our brain, making us want to repeat it the next time until the behavior becomes automatic.

I’ve been implementing this strategy, and it’s been quite a success. You should see me smiling in the kitchen while looking at my reflection in stove mirror/cover after my 5 am 5-minute stretching.

Try it out.

Now, will you keep the secret?

P.S. 📣:You can learn many strategies like this in my upcoming habits workshop! See below.

About yesterday, with Israa Tbeishat, click the picture to watch the interview

🥳New Workshop Announcement:

It’s nearly February, which means people quit or are about to quit their new year’s resolutions any time now.

This sadly happens because they have not yet learned how to design the right habits that would support them. And that’s where I come in, teaching you this is what I enjoy doing the most!

Be the first to join me in the (Build your Habits, Change your Life) virtual workshop, happening NEXT SUNDAY.

After running two majorly successful habits workshops last year, I fine-tuned my offering to maximize your chances of achieving the changes you have always dreamed of.

Are you ready?

During our three LIVE sessions on Zoom (replay available after) I’ll teach you:

Why habits are more important than goals (yes, you read that right).
Why it feels easier to adopt negative habits than positive ones.
Why willpower is unreliable when it comes to building new habits
What works, instead, in building new habits.
The habit components and how to analyze your habits accordingly.
The keys to building new positive habits.
The keys to winning over negative habits.
Tool to help you practice what you learn.

I will also provide you with the new design for the habit tracker based on using mine for more than a year and a workbook of exercises to help you embed the training material (both PDF) in addition to a text coaching and accountability group (Whatsapp) for 10 MONTHS(!) instead of just one month like previous workshops, to follow up on your progress and answer any questions about your habits as we go.

All training material and content will be in Arabic Language.

To learn more and register, click the button below.

This workshop will be a gift to yourself that keeps giving. I would love to see you as one of the incredible participants.

Learn more about the upcoming Habits Workshop

Here is your weekly dose of The Sunday Spark ⚡️ a newsletter listing 5 inspiring things I thought were worth starting your week with:

1. 🎙️ From my desk: a new podcast episode dropped in your favorite podcast platform this morning, summarizing the book "Decluttering at the Speed of Life". The next episode is going to be #50!

2. ✏️ Average Manager vs. Great Manage Explained in 10 sketches.

3. 🚶‍♀️ I fell in love with walking in 2020. This short article is to assure you that all walking counts, and to help you learn how to reap more benefits from your walks. مشيتوا اليوم؟

4. 🤔 I am going to make sure my husband reads this before our next date night: Action creates information.

5. 💬 In the spirit of the previous spark, are you waiting?

“When there is a hill to climb, don't think waiting will make it smaller.”

―Anonyms

from my Full Focus Planner

Have you downloaded your gift yet?

You've been waiting for it and here it is! My 2023 calendar is ready for you to instantly download. This year, you are getting 12 quotes from 12 books I recommend. I hope you enjoy them as much I did. Print it out in the way you like (I recommend using a spiral binding coil) and start making chains of your most important habit.

DOWNLOAD 2023 CALENDAR HERE 🎁

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