8 Really Bad Habits (We All Do) That Drain Our Focus

Nicolas Cole
Age of Awareness
Published in
6 min readAug 18, 2020

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If there is one thing in life people underestimate, it is the impact of their daily habits.

I just published a book called 19 Tiny Habits That Lead To Huge Results, about how it’s the little things every day that end up making all the difference. Whether you want to admit it or not, the truth is that just about everything in life can be directed back to your habits. Long-term success is the result of good habits. Positive relationships are the result of good habits. Improvement and growth are the result of good habits. Even personal health and wellness can be traced back to the foundation set by your daily habits.

That said, if you are guilty of any of these habits, you need to eliminate them immediately.

Because even if they don’t seem like a glaring issue right now, they will be.

1. Constantly Checking Your Phone

Let’s skip the cliché here.

The real reason you need to stop constantly checking your phone is because it instills probably the worst habit you could possibly acquire: distraction. People don’t realize that 99 percent of the time they check their phone because they want to avoid thinking. They get confronted with some sort of task or…

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Nicolas Cole
Age of Awareness

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