How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)

Step 1 of 5

Check your starting point: How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)

When the familiar action starts before you have time to choose…

Notice what fits this situation today:

• Three layers of change: result, process, identity
• Behavior confirms identity
• Identity is formed by evidence
• I am not sure yet—I just want to understand

Step 2 of 5

The most lasting changes are built from identity: not just “what do I want to achieve?”

• The most lasting changes are built from identity: not just “what do I want to achieve?”, but “what kind of person do I want to be?” Each repetition serves as a small voice for the chosen self-image.
• At the same time, identity must remain flexible so as not to turn the previous description of oneself into a limitation.

Step 3 of 5

Map the pattern: How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)

Look at the moving parts of How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa) one at a time:

• Three layers of change: result, process, identity.
• Behavior confirms identity.
• Identity is formed by evidence.

Step 4 of 5

Formulate the desired quality and choose the minimum action that confirms it

• Pause for a few seconds. Check whether this practice feels safe enough right now.
• Formulate the desired quality and choose the minimum action that confirms it.
• Notice what changed in your body or thoughts. Do not grade yourself—collect information.

Quick check after the practice:

• What changed, even by 1%?
• What stayed the same?
• What do you need now: continue, stop, or ask someone for support?

Step 5 of 5

Choose a next step: How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)

You do not have to resolve this whole situation today. You worked directly with “How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)” and chose one possible response.

Choose what fits now:

• “Save one next step”
• “Come back later”
• “I need support from a person”