When did you last do something different?

Are you a human habit machine?

Here's a quick test, taken from Flex:Do Something Different:

DO YOU OFTEN... 

• wear the same outfit because it’s easy or comfortable?
• express the same view?
• do something you said you'd give up doing?
• sit in the same spot to watch TV or eat a meal?
• visit the same holiday destination?
• recall negative things that people have said or done to you?
• watch a regularly scheduled TV programme?
• get bothered when people change plans at the last minute?

If you answered YES to three or more of these statements then you are probably very habitual. Yes, habits are comfortable but they mean many of us end up using only about a tenth of our potential.

The answer is to do something different. Why? Because it help improve a person's behavioural flexibility. And years of doing psychological research have convinced me that behavioural flexibility is the one critical asset we all need for a healthy and happy life.

That's why Do Something Different runs through all the work I do. It's incredibly powerful, and it's fun and life-enhancing too. 

We deliver behaviour change tools based on do something different via www.dsd.me and......

NOW - A NEW BOOK!
I'm so excited because we've put all the science and the methods for Do Something Different into ONE FABULOUS NEW BOOK.
It's called Flex: Do Something Different, How to use the other 9/10ths of your personality.
(Published by UH Press. See panel below right).

It's released on 16th January 2012 and is available from Amazon for pre-order. 


I hope you'll buy it, particularly if your habits need a good old shake-up!