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2. Make It Interesting
If you want to increase chance of behavior changes, you need to make it interesting. The purpose is to learn how to make the habits irresistible by connecting the habits that you want to build with your current habits. The formula is:
- After I [current habits], I will [habit you need]
Or
- After I [habit you need] I will [current habit]
For example:
If you want to watch youtube video but you need to call your parent.
- After I watch this video, I will call my parent; or
- After I call call my parent, I will watch this video
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1. Make It Visible
The process of behavior change always begins with awareness. Pointing and Calling is a strategy to increase our awareness from subconscious habits to conscious level by announcing the actions we take. In his book, James Clear gives an example to write a list of daily habits that w...
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4. Make It Satisfying
We more likely to repeat our behavior if it satisfying. Human brain develop to prioritize immediate reward than delayed reward. Therefore, if you want your habit stick, you need to feel the immediate success, even if it's a small success.
For example:
If you succeed exercising 5 times...
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3. Make It Easy
Human behavior follows the law of "as little effort as possible". We naturally more likely to choose option that demands least amount of work. To build habits we need to decrease the obstacle that related to good habit. The less obstacle, the easier you build your habit.
For examp...
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4 Ways To Build Good Habits By James Clear
Habit is a behavior that is repeated often enough to become automatic. Why are habits important? The purpose of habit is to solve life's problems with as little energy as possible. James Clear in his book Atomic Habits divided 4 ways to build good habits.
- Make it visible
- Make i...
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<4> Make it satisfying
- Once you complete your ritual just reward your self because the habit after which you are rewarded is repeated continuously but the one after you are punished is stopped automatically
- Use a habit tracker and don't break the streak if you break it one day come back to track the other ...
How long does it take to build a new habit?
The habit formation is depend on the frequency of the action, not days. You should ask ‘how many repetitions are required to make a habit automatic?’ Instead of asking ‘how many days it takes to build a habit’.
You often decide what to do next is based on what you just finished doing. Each...
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