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How to break bad habits
How habits are formed
The importance of consistency
The second mistake
When it comes to building good habits and breaking bad habits, individual mistakes don't matter in the long-run; it's the second mistake that is far more important.
One mistake is just an outlier. Two mistakes represent the beginning of a pattern.
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Consistency and perfection
We make the mistake of believing that sticking to good habits is an all-or-nothing game. For example: we assume that if we slip up on our diet, then we have ruined the whole thing.
These beliefs are incorrect, because consistency does not require perfection.
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How to get back on track
- Put all of your energy toward starting the positive desired behavior.
- Take motivation out of the equation and set a schedule for your behavior.
- Eliminate the things that take you off track. Some emergencies can’t be avoided, but there are many daily distractions th...
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The habit of investing more
Consistent investing is essential. Investing as a habit will pay off in the long run.
It is most important to start with earning more, then saving more, then investing. People want to skip the first two steps and day-trade themselves to wealth, but most will only lose mone...
6. The 20 second rule
- Turn bad habits into good ones by minimizing barriers to change.
- Habits form because our brain actually changes in response to frequent practice.
- Common wisdom has long proposed that it takes 21 days to make a habit.
- It's not the numb...
The Habits Scorecard
... for discovering which habits to change:
- Make a list of your daily habits.
- Decide which is a good habit, a bad habit, or a neutral habit, by how they will benefit you in the long run.
- There is no need to change anything at first, simply acknowledge ...
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