99% is a bitch, 100% is a breeze

There is a lesson taught by Jack Canfield, author of the Best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul Series and The Success Principles, called 99% is a bitch, 100% is a breeze. In most simplest terms, if you try to quit a bad habit or maintain a good one, it will seem easiest if you go ALL OUT. It is hardest if you cheat 1% of the time.

If you are trying to quit eating chocolate, it is easier to completely cut it out of your diet (100%), then by treating yourself every once and a while (99%). Would you still crave chocolate if it never existed to you? No. Quiting 100% is essentially making it nonexistent to you.

This is a principle I use in many areas of my life. Though I would never quit eating chocolate for the rest of my life, mainly because that is unneccessary, I've avoided any type of sweet for the last 3 weeks just because I want to see how long I can go. Honestly, I don't even think about eating a sweet now because it doesn't "exist" to me. Avoiding sweets 100% is a breeze, its easy. The thought or crave of eating a sweet doesn't even cross my mind.

This applies to all habits: waking up on time, exercising, practicing your skills, biting your nails, smoking, procrastinating, keeping things tidy, anything you can think of. If you make a rule for yourself, follow it 100%.

Give it a try! You might surprise yourself.