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High Life Time Payoff Habits


Most of us have habits consciously or otherwise be it Internet surfing, Television watching, Chatting with friends, Reading books and so on. Richard Koch, in his book “The 80/20 Way” advocates that we need to identify and practice what he calls the High life time pay-off habits. These are the habits whose benefits are many times the effort it takes to do them.

Some of the examples of High life time pay-off habits are:

Habit:    Daily exercise
Payoff:  Much better health, more attractive body, feeling great

Habit:    Daily intellectual exercise
Payoff:  Keep alert, increase intelligence, enjoy thinking

Habit:    Doing one altruistic act a day
Payoff: Makes you happy

Habit:    Meditating or quiet thinking each day
Payoff:  Clear mental clutter, make better decisions

Habit:    Always give praise or thanks where possible
Payoff:  Makes other person and you feel good

Habit:    Save and invest 10 percent of income
Payoff:  A future free of money worries

Habit:    Always having 2-3 hours of pure relaxation every day
Payoff:  Renew your energy, keep happy and healthy

Habit:    Reading a book
Payoff:  Improves your knowledge

Habit:    Writing a blog
Payoff:   Better writing skills 

Habit:     Joining a Toastmasters Club
Payoff:               Better Communication skills


Once you identify your High life time payoff habit, you should start practicing it instead of Time wasting habits such as Television watching or Social networking. If you are concerned about developing a new habit, I would highly recommend the blog http://zenhabits.net/  
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