Hi! My name is Andrzej Bernardyn and welcome to The Helpful Habits. I am a business trainer, expert in developing habits, and the author of a board game The Land of Habits.
In this podcast I will show you how good routines can transform any aspect of your life - your health, finances, relationships, work, and business.
To achieve this you don’t need to meditate in the Himalayas for a couple of years or become a cult member. Instead of massive leaps, we will use small steps. Seemingly insignificant shifts that in time lead to spectacular results. Like a tiny snowball that can cause an avalanche… but of positive changes.
In The Helpful Habits I will talk about matters that are both important and practical in a listener-friendly way. Instead of scientific gibberish or philosophical jargon I will use a simple, easy-to-understand language with a lot of stories from my life, analogies, and metaphors.
In each episode I will present at least 1 helpful habit. You will learn why it is essential and how this habit can improve the quality of your life. What’s more, you will learn how to step-by-step make it a part of you that is your second, better nature.
From time to time I will invite special guests and trick them to confess which habits greatly contributed to their success. Because of that you will use their experience and avoid painful mistakes.
You can listen to The Helpful Habits on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the good podcasting apps.
May the power of good habits be with you and till next time.
Hi! My name is Andrzej Bernardyn and welcome to The Helpful Habits. I am a business trainer, expert in developing habits, and the author of a board game The Land of Habits.
In this podcast I will show you how good routines can transform any aspect of your life - your health, finances, relationships, work, and business.
To achieve this you don’t need to meditate in the Himalayas for a couple of years or become a cult member. Instead of massive leaps, we will use small steps. Seemingly insignificant shifts that in time lead to spectacular results. Like a tiny snowball that can cause an avalanche… but of positive changes.
In The Helpful Habits I will talk about matters that are both important and practical in a listener-friendly way. Instead of scientific gibberish or philosophical jargon I will use a simple, easy-to-understand language with a lot of stories from my life, analogies, and metaphors.
In each episode I will present at least 1 helpful habit. You will learn why it is essential and how this habit can improve the quality of your life. What’s more, you will learn how to step-by-step make it a part of you that is your second, better nature.
From time to time I will invite special guests and trick them to confess which habits greatly contributed to their success. Because of that you will use their experience and avoid painful mistakes.
You can listen to The Helpful Habits on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the good podcasting apps.
May the power of good habits be with you and till next time.
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Hi! My name is Andrzej Bernardyn and welcome to The Helpful Habits. I am a business trainer, expert in developing habits, and the author of a board game The Land of Habits.
In this podcast I will show you how good routines can transform any aspect of your life - your health, finances, relationships, work, and business.
To achieve this you don’t need to meditate in the Himalayas for a couple of years or become a cult member. Instead of massive leaps, we will use small steps. Seemingly insignificant shifts that in time lead to spectacular results. Like a tiny snowball that can cause an avalanche… but of positive changes.
In The Helpful Habits I will talk about matters that are both important and practical in a listener-friendly way. Instead of scientific gibberish or philosophical jargon I will use a simple, easy-to-understand language with a lot of stories from my life, analogies, and metaphors.
In each episode I will present at least 1 helpful habit. You will learn why it is essential and how this habit can improve the quality of your life. What’s more, you will learn how to step-by-step make it a part of you that is your second, better nature.
From time to time I will invite special guests and trick them to confess which habits greatly contributed to their success. Because of that you will use their experience and avoid painful mistakes.
You can listen to The Helpful Habits on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the good podcasting apps.
May the power of good habits be with you and till next time.
Hi! My name is Andrzej Bernardyn and welcome to The Helpful Habits. I am a business trainer, expert in developing habits, and the author of a board game The Land of Habits.
In this podcast I will show you how good routines can transform any aspect of your life - your health, finances, relationships, work, and business.
To achieve this you don’t need to meditate in the Himalayas for a couple of years or become a cult member. Instead of massive leaps, we will use small steps. Seemingly insignificant shifts that in time lead to spectacular results. Like a tiny snowball that can cause an avalanche… but of positive changes.
In The Helpful Habits I will talk about matters that are both important and practical in a listener-friendly way. Instead of scientific gibberish or philosophical jargon I will use a simple, easy-to-understand language with a lot of stories from my life, analogies, and metaphors.
In each episode I will present at least 1 helpful habit. You will learn why it is essential and how this habit can improve the quality of your life. What’s more, you will learn how to step-by-step make it a part of you that is your second, better nature.
From time to time I will invite special guests and trick them to confess which habits greatly contributed to their success. Because of that you will use their experience and avoid painful mistakes.
You can listen to The Helpful Habits on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the good podcasting apps.
May the power of good habits be with you and till next time.
read more
read less
Being a parent is one of the most significant and challenging roles in our lives. In schools, we learn to calculate the area of a triangle or what is the longest river in the world. But unless you go to pedagogical or psychological studies, you won’t get any science-based information about how to raise a child. You can find infinite advice on the Internet, but most will do more harm than good.
That is why I invited a special guest—an expert in building good relationships with your kid. Together with Agnieszka, we will discuss topics like: Should there be state parenting exams? What do we need to do to be good parents? Should our children be our friends? How to use The coaching method as a parent? And many more! Let’s talk about the … Parenting Habits.
Want to learn more about how to have a happy family? Go to: https://www.happilyfamily.com/
When we add ‘I’ to ‘llness,’ we get illness. But when instead we add ‘we,’ the result is far superior - we get wellness. This simple play on words can help us reveal the greater truth. Many mental disorders, like depression or anxiety, are characterized by self-focused preoccupation. Focusing our attention away from ourselves and onto others may help us not only to feel better but, at the same time, build stronger relationships with our loved ones, friends, and business partners. With the feeling that others watch our back, it is much easier to deal with any adversity. But we need to earn this support first by taking care of others.
That is why today we will talk about the habit of … thinking about others.
Do you want to go to a specific section? Use the table of contents
0:00 Introduction
1:31 Why This Habit is so Essential?
2:28 Morning / Evening Texts
3:11 Letting know you are safe
4:59 Asking about needs
6:08 Simple acts of kindness
7:38 Sharing the discovery
9:47 Giving a selfless compliment
12:00 Responding to requests
13:11 Final Words
Hope can make each of our days a little brighter. When we expect positive results in our lives we are more likely to get them. How to embrace a more optimistic view on life? Can anybody become an optimist? Where can we draw the line between healthy optimism and naivety? What does wine have to do with optimism? Should the manager or a leader be an optimist? Or should he prepare their team for the worst possible scenario?
In this episode my special quest Kamila Pepiak-Kowalska and I will try to answer all of these questions and even more. Let’s talk about the habit of… optimism.
Most of us feel the need to improve our lives. We buy books and attend meetings and trainings, hoping it will help us solve our problems. Every new idea, gadget, or app brings hope that it will be different this time. But it rarely is. So we go and hunt for more. We behave like hamsters. We stuff our cheeks with as much stuff as possible, and then we go on the running wheel, expecting to make progress. But at the end of the day, we are still in the same place - more sweaty and out of breath.
Of course, this gloomy loop is not the inevitable fate of man. We can change that relatively quickly by focusing less on gathering stuff and more on using it with purpose. Let’s talk about the habit of… implementation.
For more information and full transcript of this episode visit:
https://landofhabits.com/15-the-habit-of-implementation/
Do you want to go to a specific section? Use the table of contents
0:00 Introduction
1:32 Why This Habit is so Essential?
2:47 Capturing the Idea
7:34 Selecting most useful pieces
9:38 Implementation Intentions
11:41 Time to think
13:29 Time to act
15:11 Evaluate
16:30 Final Words
What does it mean to be productive? Is it about crossing out from your TO-DO list as many tasks as possible every day? Handling multiple projects or tasks at once? Or thinking more about the quality than quantity of your work? Working on things that matter and have a long-lasting impact?
In this episode, we will answer all of these questions and even more. Let’s talk about the habit of … productivity.
And for the first time in this podcast, I will do it with the help of 2 experts. Michał and Rafał, the CEO and chief product officer from Nozbe will share many interesting observations and tips with you.
Links to valuable content:
1) No Office Podcast: https://nooffice.fm/
2) No Office Book by Michael Śliwiński: https://nooffice.org/
3) App that will help you to be more productive: https://nozbe.com/
Do you want to contact guests of this episode? Send them a message on Twitter
@sobolowy
@MSliwinski
We often are so focused on achieving goals and results that we forget about ourselves. We treat our bodies like a machine and our minds like a piece of software. We exploit them ruthlessly until they ultimately crush. Hospitalization, depression, and burnout can be a consequence of this predatory strategy.
That is why I want to convince you to treat yourself more gently. Your body is much more than a means of transport to your head. Taking care of your needs is not a self-centered endeavor or a waste of time. It is treating yourself with the respect you deserve.
Let’s find out how to do it! Today we will be talking about the habit of … self-care.
For more information and full transcript of this episode visit:
https://landofhabits.com/podcast#THH13
Do you want to go to a specific section? Use the table of contents
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Why This Habit is so Essential?
2:10 Sleep
5:44 Making tomorrow easier
7:45 Regular breaks
9:42 Self-empathy
13:03 Connecting with others
16:40 Final Words
The more, the merrier. You cannot have too much of a good thing. Plenty is no plague. In English, we have numerous proverbs telling us that having a lot of something is much better than having only a little. But nowadays, we often face the opposite problem. We have too much. Too much stuff in our apartments, too many tasks on our agendas, and too much thought in our minds. Plenty of options to choose from can indeed be a plague, causing analysis paralysis.
That is why I want to encourage you today to embrace a minimalist lifestyle. To do less but better. To collect things and use tools that have high value, not the ones that maybe someday will come in handy. Like in balloons, you need to cut sandbags tied to the basket in order to take off; we need to get rid of ballast in our lives to reach a higher level.
Let’s find out how to do it! Today we will be talking about the habit of … eliminating.
For more information and full transcript of this episode visit:
https://landofhabits.com/podcast#THH12
Do you want to go to a specific section? Use the table of contents
0:00 Introduction
1:38 Why This Habit is so Essential?
5:31 Save only the best
6:28 One thing in, one thing out
8:11 Review of commitments
13:06 Replacing activities
15:31 Your Happy Place
17:40 Final Words
Please imagine that you are about to send a fragile piece of art - a porcelain figurine or a painting worth millions of dollars. Would you just put it into a bubble envelope, hoping the delivery company will safely hand over it to the addressee? Probably not. You would take every possible precaution to make the package stronger and more resistant to damage.
Can we, in a similar way, prepare ourselves and our fragile psyche to potential threats and misfortunes? Is there a way to not only become more resilient, but also antifragile - to grow stronger with every problem encountered?
Let’s find out! Today we will be talking about the habit of … mental resilience.
For more information and full transcript of this episode visit:
https://landofhabits.com/podcast#THH11
Do you want to go to a specific section? Use the table of contents
0:00 Introduction
1:17 Why This Habit is so Essential?
2:02 Turning off the Valve
4:45 Changing the Perspective
5:49 The View From Above
7:35 Time Travel
9:28 Premeditatio Malorum
12:01 Cognitive Reframing
18:29 Final Words
There are so many things that can bring our mood down: bad news about our work, a fight with a person we love, or discovering that your dream won’t come true.
Is there a way to do just the opposite? To lift our spirit in an instance? To feel good about our lives, the current situation or to give ourselves the motivation we need to perform a particularly tough task? If so, how can we use the concept of Power Ups from the games to achieve this goal? And how are habits connected with that?
Let me at least try to unravel this spider web of questions for you. Let’s talk about the habit of Power Ups.
For more information and full transcript of this episode visit:
https://landofhabits.com/podcast#THH10
Do you want to go to a specific section? Use the table of contents
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Why this habit is so essential?
3:23 Achievements Journal
5:05 Hugs & Kisses
5:43 Epic Scenes from TV Show
6:52 Youtube videos
7:49 Goofing around with your dog or kid
8:37 Nature
9:18 Eating a Treat
10:23 Quick Call with your Friend
11:00 Listening to your Power Song
11:56 Cleaning
12:53 Final Words
How much money did you spend this month on food? How much time did you spend on crucial projects or with your family members? How many fruits and veggies did you eat this week? Most of us are clueless about all of these subjects.
We have so many things on our plates and minds that we don’t pay much attention to them, and as soon as they are done, we forget what exactly we did. But it doesn’t have to be like that. We can collect important data about our lives and make useful improvements.
Let’s talk about the habit of … tracking!
For more information and full transcript of this episode visit:
https://landofhabits.com/podcast#THH9
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1:06 WHY THIS HABIT IS SO ESSENTIAL?
3:37 TRACKING TIME
7:36 TRACKING MONEY
9:40 TRACKING FOOD
12:25 TRACKING GOALS
13:47 TRACKING RELATIONSHIPS
16:22 FINAL WORDS
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