Using incentives to build positive habits

One of the best ways to build the positive habits you need to thrive is to inspire yourself through the use of incentives.

E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor
Practical Growth
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9 min readAug 21, 2019

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by: E.B. Johnson

Incentives are a great way to make changes in your day-to-day life. By rewarding ourselves for a job well-done — no matter how small — we can actually encourage our authentic selves to get excited about even the biggest transformations; seeing them for the opportunity they present rather than the unknown they also represent.

Positive rewards go a long way in making us see the transitions in our lives in a better light. They can help bolster our sense of self-confidence and make us look toward the future with enthusiasm rather than apprehension. Using incentives can also help us better visualize the line between what’s needed and not needed, and inspire us to keep going when we absolutely want to give up. Incentives are great when you know how to use them, and they can go a long way in helping us to establish habits that build us up, instead of tearing us down.

What are incentives?

When it comes to building up new and positive habits in our lives, incentives can be an invaluable means of plotting our way to a new future. Incentives are…

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E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor
Practical Growth

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