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Micro Habits for Major Happiness: Everything you need to build true success, one easy step at a time
WHAT'S A MICRO HABIT?
Think about the word "micro." It not only means small, but really, really small. So small that it can't be seen with the naked eye. What we are looking for in Micro Habits is not just a small first step that can be taken for change, and not even the smallest first step that could be taken. We are looking for something that lies hidden to the naked eye, an understanding that you have to dive deep to even see.
We use Micro Habit technique both to see into ourselves deeply enough to discover the right habits to aim to build for true fulfillment, and then to build each habit itself, one small step at a time.
WHAT CAN MICRO HABITS DO FOR YOU?
Micro Habits will teach you to build the life you want, one easy step at a time. Rather than using motivation, which tends to be short-lived and undependable, it helps you build solid skills that you can apply in all areas of your life. It will help you effectively leave behind patterns of unfulfilling achievement, procrastination, or even self-sabotage, which may have characterized your life up to now.
The emphasis in Micro Habits is on first getting past inertia -- the tendency for objects at rest to remain at rest -- so that you can benefit from momentum -- the tendency for objects in motion to remain in motion.
As you practice these easy little behaviors, they will become habits that persist even after the initial elation of "something new" is long gone. Eventually you will again be running on habit much of the time, just new habits that advance you toward ever increasing happiness.
WHERE DOES MICRO HABITS TECHNIQUE COME FROM?
The author developed Micro Habits out of a combination of Master’s degree training in Counseling Psychology, experience gained counseling professionals in private practice, personal experience transforming a life of misery into one of fulfillment and peaceful joy, participation in the Phone Buddies online peer counseling community she founded, work as a school-based Behavioral Health Specialist for the state of Hawaii, and experience teaching meditation to incarcerated teenagers.
Each of these groups of clients, including the troubled teens, were able to uncover and overcome their inner obstacles to self-mastery and chart a path toward meaningful achievement. They developed more self-awareness, strengthened their willpower, and showed themselves again and again that they could set a goal, however small, and then reliably achieve it 100% of the time.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?
This book is for anyone who wants a greater experience of success in life. Whether you have already achieved significant outer success or have been plagued by repeated disappointment, this book will get you moving toward genuine fulfillment.
It will be particularly helpful for those of you who know you have resistance to doing what is best for you. You may have clear ideas about what you should do. Whether those ideas are ideal or not is something you will discover as you engage in the process, but at this point it doesn't even matter. You just can't do it, because you get discouraged, distracted or defeated before you overcome inertia.
And yet, here you are, reading this. You haven't given up. You are proactively reaching out for help. Now we just need to see how serious you are about it.
Read the first portion of the book on Amazon, using the "Search Inside this Book," feature and apply yourself to the instruction being given. If you do this, you will have taken a first step that will have you looking back with joy and fulfillment in the weeks to come, knowing that life really was meant to be joyful and that you are in fact the master of your own destiny.
Think about the word "micro." It not only means small, but really, really small. So small that it can't be seen with the naked eye. What we are looking for in Micro Habits is not just a small first step that can be taken for change, and not even the smallest first step that could be taken. We are looking for something that lies hidden to the naked eye, an understanding that you have to dive deep to even see.
We use Micro Habit technique both to see into ourselves deeply enough to discover the right habits to aim to build for true fulfillment, and then to build each habit itself, one small step at a time.
WHAT CAN MICRO HABITS DO FOR YOU?
Micro Habits will teach you to build the life you want, one easy step at a time. Rather than using motivation, which tends to be short-lived and undependable, it helps you build solid skills that you can apply in all areas of your life. It will help you effectively leave behind patterns of unfulfilling achievement, procrastination, or even self-sabotage, which may have characterized your life up to now.
The emphasis in Micro Habits is on first getting past inertia -- the tendency for objects at rest to remain at rest -- so that you can benefit from momentum -- the tendency for objects in motion to remain in motion.
As you practice these easy little behaviors, they will become habits that persist even after the initial elation of "something new" is long gone. Eventually you will again be running on habit much of the time, just new habits that advance you toward ever increasing happiness.
WHERE DOES MICRO HABITS TECHNIQUE COME FROM?
The author developed Micro Habits out of a combination of Master’s degree training in Counseling Psychology, experience gained counseling professionals in private practice, personal experience transforming a life of misery into one of fulfillment and peaceful joy, participation in the Phone Buddies online peer counseling community she founded, work as a school-based Behavioral Health Specialist for the state of Hawaii, and experience teaching meditation to incarcerated teenagers.
Each of these groups of clients, including the troubled teens, were able to uncover and overcome their inner obstacles to self-mastery and chart a path toward meaningful achievement. They developed more self-awareness, strengthened their willpower, and showed themselves again and again that they could set a goal, however small, and then reliably achieve it 100% of the time.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?
This book is for anyone who wants a greater experience of success in life. Whether you have already achieved significant outer success or have been plagued by repeated disappointment, this book will get you moving toward genuine fulfillment.
It will be particularly helpful for those of you who know you have resistance to doing what is best for you. You may have clear ideas about what you should do. Whether those ideas are ideal or not is something you will discover as you engage in the process, but at this point it doesn't even matter. You just can't do it, because you get discouraged, distracted or defeated before you overcome inertia.
And yet, here you are, reading this. You haven't given up. You are proactively reaching out for help. Now we just need to see how serious you are about it.
Read the first portion of the book on Amazon, using the "Search Inside this Book," feature and apply yourself to the instruction being given. If you do this, you will have taken a first step that will have you looking back with joy and fulfillment in the weeks to come, knowing that life really was meant to be joyful and that you are in fact the master of your own destiny.
160 pages, Paperback
First published July 11, 2014
About the author
Indigo Ocean
3 booksIndigo Ocean is an author, public speaker, trainer/ group facilitator, and technology entrepreneur. Indigo received her MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from the CA Institute of Integral Studies and her BA in International Relations from Brown University.
Indigo is the founder of CAIR Programs and of the Phone Buddies Peer Counseling Community. She is also the author of Being Bliss and Micro Habits for Major Happiness, plus an upcoming book with the working title Stories that Teach.
Indigo’s background working with youths stretches over several decades. Most recently she has taught meditation to incarcerated teenagers as an instructor at Mind, Body Awareness Institute, developed and taught a teen entrepreneur development workshop at Berkeley Youth Alternatives, and served on the Board of Directors of Future Leaders Institute. Before returning to CA in 2007, Indigo worked as a school based Behavioral Health Specialist for the state of Hawaii.
She draws upon her breadth of experience, in combination with a multi-decade personal meditation practice, to write books that bring about the lived experience of fulfillment by guiding readers toward effective action.
Indigo is the founder of CAIR Programs and of the Phone Buddies Peer Counseling Community. She is also the author of Being Bliss and Micro Habits for Major Happiness, plus an upcoming book with the working title Stories that Teach.
Indigo’s background working with youths stretches over several decades. Most recently she has taught meditation to incarcerated teenagers as an instructor at Mind, Body Awareness Institute, developed and taught a teen entrepreneur development workshop at Berkeley Youth Alternatives, and served on the Board of Directors of Future Leaders Institute. Before returning to CA in 2007, Indigo worked as a school based Behavioral Health Specialist for the state of Hawaii.
She draws upon her breadth of experience, in combination with a multi-decade personal meditation practice, to write books that bring about the lived experience of fulfillment by guiding readers toward effective action.
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August 6, 2014
This is a great book! The techniques this book has taught me truly have worked and I can even go as far to say that they have changed my life. My sister recommended this book to me when he saw how frustrated I was with the struggles I was going through with my business. I came across this book at the appropriate time, I was feeling insecure and vulnerable, and needed a change. This book taught me methods to avoid procrastination which was my biggest struggle. It has served me as a guide to gain success at work and in my personal life. Reach goals that I had not reached before. I truly have gained the happiness I deserve after reading this book and would highly recommend it to anyone.
August 22, 2014
The book teaches us to be happy!
This is all I can say.
For those of you who have not read the book yet, I would like to share a little excerpt from the book, mentioned in the chapter about Love. It goes like this ,”When we let love flow, we feel good. The more it flows, the better we feel. The more often it flows, the more often we feel good. It's pretty reliable in that way.”
I don’t think there can be a sinmpler explanation of how to feel loved, and be happy.
This is just one of the many awe-aspiring words that the book is all about!
This is all I can say.
For those of you who have not read the book yet, I would like to share a little excerpt from the book, mentioned in the chapter about Love. It goes like this ,”When we let love flow, we feel good. The more it flows, the better we feel. The more often it flows, the more often we feel good. It's pretty reliable in that way.”
I don’t think there can be a sinmpler explanation of how to feel loved, and be happy.
This is just one of the many awe-aspiring words that the book is all about!
August 22, 2014
I learned a lot more about myself after reading the book. It helped me understand what was bothering me in my life. I have implemented the Personal Happiness Trajectory Plan to my life, and have seen an immense change in my life. Even my girlfriend says that I look happier now. I would definitely recomend this book to others, as reading it has led to significant positive impact on my life.
August 22, 2014
Impactful read!
For someone like me who always prefer to take the easy route, and enjoys living a stable life, reading Micro Habits for Major Happiness came as a pleasant surprise. I loved the concept of transforming your life with the help small changes. In fact, I never expected that the impact of slight changes can be as overwhelming as I recieved; thanks to the tips provided in the book. I loved the way the author has connects personal happiness trajectory to the work that we do. The chapter on health was intriguing, in particular!
For me the book can be seen as a doorway to happiness, as it unlocks the mysteries associated with minor things of our life, which we completely ignore.
Worth reading for sure!
For someone like me who always prefer to take the easy route, and enjoys living a stable life, reading Micro Habits for Major Happiness came as a pleasant surprise. I loved the concept of transforming your life with the help small changes. In fact, I never expected that the impact of slight changes can be as overwhelming as I recieved; thanks to the tips provided in the book. I loved the way the author has connects personal happiness trajectory to the work that we do. The chapter on health was intriguing, in particular!
For me the book can be seen as a doorway to happiness, as it unlocks the mysteries associated with minor things of our life, which we completely ignore.
Worth reading for sure!
August 22, 2014
A book about Doable processes, with great results to get happier in life!
Compared to the numerous other books that I have ever read, Micro Habits to me is simply amazing. Simple technique, with doable efforts that can change the way we perceive happiness in our is what I can define the book as. Just like its title ‘Micro Habits for Major Happiness’, the book unlocks the secret to obtain optimistic attitude to strive success in life.
Indigo has very aptly segmented the book into various sections which discuss about the major roadblocks towards achieving happiness in ones life. The section discussing about ‘Dealing with Setbacks’ is perhaps one of the finest, and most inspiring words, I have ever come across.
Compared to the numerous other books that I have ever read, Micro Habits to me is simply amazing. Simple technique, with doable efforts that can change the way we perceive happiness in our is what I can define the book as. Just like its title ‘Micro Habits for Major Happiness’, the book unlocks the secret to obtain optimistic attitude to strive success in life.
Indigo has very aptly segmented the book into various sections which discuss about the major roadblocks towards achieving happiness in ones life. The section discussing about ‘Dealing with Setbacks’ is perhaps one of the finest, and most inspiring words, I have ever come across.
August 24, 2014
Brilliant book, its about building solid skills, programming yourself to change, using strategies for changing habits and building techniques using the power of your sub conscious mind, together with meditation, developing self awareness and strong will power and setting goals and achieving them, great for happiness and energy. You have to try it, as it really works.
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