Habits 2 Goals: The Habit Factor® Podcast with Martin Grunburg

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” ~ Socrates This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. AUDIT-U: Your Year-End Personal Inventory for Wellness and Optimized Living “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to become.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson As the confetti falls and champagne fizzles, marking the end of another year, we often turn inwards, reflectin...

“Discipline is a habit. Nobody is born discplined.” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Got Discipline? Cultivate it. Frequently Asked Friday: How can I be more disciplined? How to Be More Disciplined A great definition of discipline comes from Jim Rohn: doing what you ought to do, when you ought to do it, whether you feel like it or not. Forget genetic predispositions or will...

“ To develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. ” ~ J. McGonigal This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Arrive at Tomorrow's Goals Faster by Reversing Time When it comes to nailing your next big goal or New Year resolution, forget the “To-Do List” and “next steps”. After all, how many “steps” are there going to be? The answer is a lot. It often paralyzes the most ambitiou...

“Personal transformation and goal achievement can begin at any level: Story/Thinking, Emotions/Feelings, Behaviors/Habits/Skills, Environment. However, for them to endure, each component must remain in coherhence.” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Be, Do, Have: Cliché or Cornerstone? The personal development mantra '“Be, Do, Have” often gets dismissed as a tired cliché. Ent...

“Good habits happen when planned; bad habits happen on their own.” ~M. Grunburg This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Refining Thought & Character Habits Frequently Asked Friday: PARR (PLAN, ACT, RECORD & REASSESS) is great for developing ‘planned’ habits. How can I develop thought and character habits such as being more assertive? Especially since I don’t know when those opport...

“Good habits happen when planned; bad habits happen on their own.” ~M. Grunburg This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. 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 B...

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” ~ Charlie Chaplin This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Life’s Balancing Act: Tragedy & Comedy What feels like a world-ending personal disaster today may just become a hilarious anecdote tomorrow. Just a few years ago, everyone was panicking about the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the end of the world. It was a sc...

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequencey and vibration.“ ~ Nikola Tesla This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. What’s the first clue that the latest habits “Gooroo” knows little about habit development? They teach the idea that doing a behavior for a month or thirty days – is the key to habit development. Performing a behavior for thi...

“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. “ ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's easy to get caught up in the pursuit of worldly goals, the accumulation of possessions, and fleeting pleasures. Yet, at the end of the proverbial day, the true measure of your life w...

“We are but dust and shadows, and like a lamp that is lit and then extinguished, so too will our lives be extinguished.” ~ Marcus Aurelius This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. In the vast expanse of time and space, our individual existence might seem like a fleeting flicker, a mere ripple in the cosmic ocean. A thousand years from now, our names will likely fade into obscurity,...

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail .” ~Abraham Maslow This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. The other day, a good friend (former professor and a professional writer) – a man whose top value is a “learning mindset” – said something that caught my attention. “I’ve realized the importance of ‘dumb stuff.’ It’s the dumb stuff that support...

“Before focus, concentration; before concentration, selection.” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. To focus for an extended period of time on anything can be challenging. In today’s world, it’s made far more difficult, particularly for people with ADD/ADHD. This episode promises to have you focusing better nearly instantly. Below are some tips on how to focus better, especial...

“The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.” ~Bum Phillips This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. It’s baaaaaack… The 36-hour, (once a week), fast ***WARNING** Please do your own research and consult your doctor before altering your diet.*** What is it? Why do it? And, the backstory. In 2019, (at 51), I came to the sudden awareness that I’d never gone a day without eating...

“No man is free who cannot command himself.” ~Pythagoras This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. To act according to your intentions… Arguably, it’s the crux of the entire personal development industry. How often have you said, “I’m going to…” Only to find, a week, month, or year later, “it” never transpired. Why? There are three main reasons. Reason One: PAIN. Chances are that th...

“I cannot wait to see genes that operate in a vacuum.” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. The “Nature vs. Nurture” debate can be traced to ancient Greece and perhaps earlier. In the entertainment world, there have been several books, plays, and movies that touch upon the subject matter. The riddle: How much influence does nature (genetics) versus nurture (environment: culture...

“ Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.” ~Søren Kierkegaard This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. In 2014 I wrote It’s Both! Your (Habitual) Dichotomous Thinking is Killing You. That’s right, “Killing You!” I went a bit deeper on this concept in The Pressure Paradox™ (2015). It’s worth revisiting as the idea is essential to critical thinking and, interesti...

“ Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!” ~Jesse Pinkman This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers! For our 25th anniversary, my wife and I visited Denmark, Sweden and Italy. One night, in Italy, our hotel’s satellite TV was down. Before heading to bed, she dialed up her Netflix account and soon enough, we found ourselves watching Breaking Bad ; our third time through the series! Breaking B...

“ One of the best reasons to start habit tracking is that you will develop an ancillary habit, DISCIPLINE.” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. The next 28-DAY BREAKTHROUGH! program begins 10/3/23! Learn more here —» The 28-Day Breakthrough! You’ve never tracked habits before? That’s alright, most people haven’t. After all, life is meant to be lived, not tracked, right? Well,...

“ The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through fire.” ~ Carl Jung This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. The next 28-DAY BREAKTHROUGH! program begins 10/3/23! Learn more here —» The 28-Day Breakthrough! What if a key difference between the successful person and the unsuccessful person was how well they navigate life’s difficulties? The fact is, n...

“ Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. After hearing a Gooroo caution his students, “When it comes to relationships, you must be very careful; relationships are dynamic.” I thought to myself. “That is kind of “funny.” Last time I checked, LIFE IS DYNAMIC. Thus, what got us “here” might n...

“ The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” ~Leo Tolstoy .” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. What if patience was the key to mastering your universe? If courage is the mother of all virtues (according to Aristotle), arguably the father, along with prudence, could be patience. Let’s run through some of the advantages of developing the virtue of being patient. “P...

“What I didn’t realize is that everyone is a sailor. Everyone is sailing somewhere.” This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Right now you are sailing somewhere . The question is, “Do you know where you are headed?” It’s important to recognize that if you’re not pursuing an ideal destination, chances are, you’ll end up somewhere else. Yogi Berra put it this way… “ If you don’t kno...

“The only way ‘it’ gets better for you is when you get better. Better isn’t something you wish for, it’s something you become.” ~ Jim Rohn This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. Ironically, change is one of the great constants of life. Since the environment is constantly changing; relationships, careers, technology, etc., the same thought and behavior habits that once served us,...

“Critical thinking is the art of analyzing information to separate fact from opinion.” ~ Carl Sagan This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. It’s no wonder people scoff at personal development. Often “GooRoos” will say ridiculous, silly, and dichotomous things like: “There are no good habits.” “Competition is stupid.” The following is a statement that inspired this episode. It’s ki...

“The philosopher’s product is his life.” ~Neitzche This Habits 2 Goals episode is FREE for ALL subscribers. This episode is a follow-up to last week’s show MIRACLES! In response to a few comments, I do what I can to set the record straight: I was simply practicing what I was talking about. The understanding that the real miracle is to walk on Earth, not water. Hence, practicality lies in its pract...