Do It For A Day With Mark Batterson | Episode 184

Our everyday habits make up our everyday lives. We are one habit away from accomplishing any goal that we set. But what if those things don’t come naturally to 

Today, I welcome the always brilliant Mark Batterson to the show to talk about the intersection of faith and habits, how the practice of gratitude can be life-changing, and his new book, Do It For A Day. 

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of 19 books. 

Listen in to learn more about: 

1. Mark’s experience of writing his latest book and why he chose the topic of habits
2. How making measurable, meaningful, and maintainable goals aligns better with creating new habits 
3. How the science of habit formation is as old as the sermon on the Mount
4. How knowing who we truly are is the best way to begin making new habits. 

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Favorite quotes:

Leadership starts with self leadership and self leadership boils down to daily habits. What are you doing one day at a time?

If faith is being sure of what we hope for then I think goal setting can actually be a spiritual exercise.

You have to 3-M your habits. You have to make them measurable, you have to make them meaningful, and you have to make them maintainable.

Habit formation is really identity formation.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Mark Batterson
2. Do It for a Day: How to Make or Break Any Habit in 30 Days
3. Lord Send Revival
4. Ted Lasso
5. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
6. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World
7. TimeHop
8. No Time To Die
9.  Great Things
10. Summer Island: A Novel
11. Standing Strong

Order your copy of Standing Strong here.

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xo,

Alli