Growth Is Often Painful And Scary

One of the best ways to build a new habit is to identify a current habit you already do each day and then stack your new behavior on top. This is called habit stacking.

The formula is: After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT].

Examples:

• After I pour my morning coffee, ...

One of the most important lessons is how fear is seen in this saga: not as a weakness, but as an enemy that you can face. To overcome fear, the Bene Gesserit, a political and mystic group, created the litany against it:

"I must not fear....

• IF IT’S GONE DOWN THIS MUCH ALREADY, IT CAN’T GO MUCH LOWER.
• YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN A STOCK’S HIT BOTTOM
• IF IT’S GONE THIS HIGH ALREADY, HOW CAN IT POSSIBLY

GO HIGHER?

• IT’S ONLY $3 A SHARE: WHAT CAN I LOSE?
• EVENTUALLY THEY ALWAYS COME BACK