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The Power of Habit

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10 Mind-blowing Lessons From the Book “The Power of Habit”

1. The Habit Loop

Put simply, the habit loop is composed of cues, routines, and rewards.

✅Train yourself to notice particular cues, which then trigger routines and bring you rewards.

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2. Cue Categories.

5 main categories of cues:

- location

- time

- emotional state

- other people

- action immediately preceding the cue

👉Recognizing what cues you currently have in your life and how to seek out or avoid them is critical.

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3. Keystone or Foundational Habits.

Keystone habits are usually small and result in a “win” for you, which snowballs into greater habit formation and control. 

👉As an example, dieters who keep a food journal are more successful at losing weight.

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4. Plan for Pain.

✅ If you write out a plan about what you’ll do when pain comes knocking on your door, you’ll be more successful at withstanding that pain.

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5. Craving.

✅A craving, defined by this book, is the anticipation of reward. 

It’s important to be aware of any cravings you have in your life as they can hijack or start a habit loop early, making it more difficult to quit bad habits.

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6. Repetition and Automation.

The truth is that most of what we do is at least partially automated. 

👉Hijacking this tendency of our brain to set certain activities on the back burner can help us form healthy habits that we don’t even need to think about.

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7. Freedom is Important.

The book makes it clear that there’s no single way to achieve good habits and quit bad habits. 

✅The book focuses on providing you with a framework necessary to recognize the habits you have and learn how to create helpful habits.

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8. Manipulate the Craving.

✅One trick that might work for you when it comes to breaking bad habits is to not ignore or resist a craving a bad habit cue, but to instead change it.

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9. The Crowd is Important.

The people you surround yourself with can affect your success in forming or breaking habits. 

👉You must surround yourself with those who are also trying to form the same habit or trying to break a bad habit

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10. Personal Responsibility

You must get into the habit (pun intended) of taking responsibility for your bad actions. 

🚫Don’t say it isn’t your fault; lean into the difficulty and face the challenge head-on.

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