Identity Based Habits are something that not everyone have heard of. Every year, I will set SMART goals (S – Specific, M – Measurable, A – attainable, R – relevant, T – time-based). Having read the book Atomic Habits written by James Clear last year, I decided to tweak my approach slightly this year.
What do I mean? When we set our goals, most of our goals are focused on outcome. For example, last year, I set a goal of contributing at least S$600 to each of my child OCBC Young Savers Account. Another example is to run a total of 300KM in 2020. These are goals that are focused on outcome.
This year, in 2021, I wanted to focus on building identity based habits. Why? This is because once you build a habit, it becomes long lasting. Identity based habits focuses on who I wish to become....