Have you ever considered space travel? How about what it takes to get a rocket ship to the moon? As a rocket ship is leaving the Earth, it takes 85% of its fuel just to breach the outer layers of the atmosphere. From the ground to the sky it’s 75 miles. 

Do you know how far it is to the moon? About 239,000 miles. 85% of the ship's fuel is used to go an unbelievably short way because the rocket is going against gravity. This is why I believe that it requires more discipline to start a habit rather than to maintain one. 

In this episode, I share three key insights that I want you to consider regarding discipline, forming habits, and why willpower is needed for disciplinary actions rather than habitual actions. The Three key insights for this episode are:

• Why discipline is only necessary when you’re shaping a new habit.
• How to identify the 4 levels of consciousness and why they’re relevant.
• Why getting started requires less willpower than getting down.

After listening, don’t forget to write down your AHA! Moment from the episode and leave a review if you haven’t already. Does this speak to the actions you are taking in your business? 

In This Episode: 

[04:58] - Learn the three key insights for this episode.

[06:44] - How space travel and discipline apply to creating habits.

[09:40] - Once a habit takes over you don’t need as much discipline to continue.

[10:19] - The 4-levels you should be conscious of when shaping habits.

1. Unconscious incompetence (Ignorance)
2. Conscious incompetence (Learning)
3. Conscious competence (Teaching)
4. Unconscious competence (Flow)

[16:28] - The power of creating habits is about creating a ritual and flow.

[17:33] - Discipline is only needed when there is a conscious shift at the beginning of habit-creating.

[19:09] - More willpower is needed to switch and multitask.

[19:52] - Why you should start with the hardest task first.

[21:43] - The Alexism for this episode is, “Wildly successful entrepreneurs don’t burst through their comfort zones, they expand their comfort zones.”

[22:33] - Hear the quick review of the insights you rediscovered in this episode.

[24:57] - If you’ve already given Alex a review, write down a specific takeaway from this episode on an index card. If you haven’t, though, please use that Aha! moment as your review for the show at this link!

[26:29] - In honor of this episode, Alex gives listeners a final gift. You can get a completely free copy of his book Alexisms by going to this link! You will also get free access to his $497 VBT e-Course!

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