Notes: Habits of Success

Developing Habits of Success 

Joshua 1:7   Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.  

Deuteronomy 6:6   These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

Benefits of habits

Easier to stick with your plans, decisions, and desires

Avoid the tyranny of the urgent (maintain your priorities)

Less stress (Decisions are made ahead of time)

Progress is achieved little by little

Habits become a lifestyle 

How to develop good study habits

Figure out your schedule

Connect to other successful habits

Find a positive environment to study

Focus on “little by little”

Reward yourself and find others to celebrate with

Find mentors and accountability partners

Don’t dwell on failure; just start again

Some tips

Do course at the same time and place each day

Listen to lecture (1x); Listen a 2nd time and take notes

Read the reading and underline things that stand out or are interesting to you (1x); read a 2nd time and take notes

Discuss with a friend or mentor