New Insights trainee life coaches are required to complete extensive practice coaching as part of the certification process. Thanks, dear reader, for taking the time to read this post. I hope it has brought a smile to your face and an appreciation that no matter what you read in the mainstream news, there are people doing wonderful things for others, every day. The answer may surprise you: It’s not the number of minutes they spend awake and working hard each day that’s the issue—it’s that they often spend 99% of those minutes juggling too many things at once. Your opportunity right now is to realize that you are the magnifying glass in your own life, and that you can intentionally focus the energy you get from the world on one single leaf at a time. When you do so, you will ignite incredible “flames” that move your projects, your dreams, your relationships and even the world around you, forward. (Angel and I discuss this in more detail in the “Goals and Success” chapter of 1,000 Little Things Happy, Successful People Do Differently.) Your turn…

To find out which ONE habit you should focus on, first, I suggest you ask yourself the following questions:I have always battled with the setting of very clear and realistic goals. The sessions, and the way my coach guided my own thought pattern, helped me to see how to approach goal setting so that it is much more realistic and achievable in the time allotted.” – R.L. To me, that’s what makes a great leader. It’s someone who isn’t afraid to surround herself with people smarter than her. She knows that there’s always more to learn.” Mihret’s frustration with this narrow view of agribusiness came to a head when she met Nabil Kalifa, an engineer-turned-agripreneur and founder of Guaro Farms.

First, you should take your time to choose the right habit to start with. This step is important because if you doubt that the habit you are trying to implement will have a true impact on your life, you will most probably not be able to be patient enough to follow through and just focus on this one habit for enough time for it to become automatic.Reminder: If you haven’t done so already, be sure to sign-up for our free newsletter to receive new articles like this in your inbox each week.) Are any of those habits “super-habits”, such as eating healthy? If so, split them up into smaller, “sub-habits” that you would like to implement.