Changing workplace habits is an important prerequisite for sustainable development and self-improvement, we have collected four essential elements or steps that will help you achieve this goal more easily:

1. First, you have to analyze your bad habit and understand how it works. You can track or write down every time you repeat the bad action. This will help to understand in which moments there is a greater temptation to succumb to the temptation of a bad habit.
2. Replace a bad habit with a good one. For example, if you spend too much time procrastinating, try to better manage your time doing more productive tasks that get you closer to your desired goals or block websites that steal your time.
3. Be sure to celebrate the small professional wins and milestones as well. It is also important to note even the small progressyou make – all this will help to move forward more successfully.
4. Be kind and patient with yourself – don’t get upset if everything doesn’t go as expected right away. When starting to introduce new habits, you should expect that from time to time you will most likely return to old habits. However, self-criticism makes you lose motivation and contributes to low mood and even depression.

Remember – You don’t have to be perfect! And this is another reason why it is better to focus on the process rather than the result. By changing your workplace habits step by step, you will be able to measure your progress and maintain your motivation in the long term. Focusing only on the goal can quickly demotivate you.

You can even use Don`t Break The Chain method to track, eliminate old habits and implement new and productive ones consistently without any breaks and interruptions – this practice could be beneficial as it takes time to introduce new and better action patterns. During the first 21 days or even months of introducing the new habit this tracking method will serve as a reminder to stay on your path to successfully reach your goal.