Building habits is hard. But it can bedone.The process of building a habit can bedivided into three simple steps:reminder or cue, routine and reward.Breaking it down into thesefundamental parts can help usunderstand what a habit is, how itworks, and how to improve it.This four-step pattern is the backboneof every habit, and your brain runsthrough these steps in the same ordereach time.The HabitLoop1.Cue: the trigger that initiatesthe behavior2.Routine: the behavior itself;the action you take3.Reward: the benefit you gainfrom doing the behaviorThe Science of How Habits Work9:41

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