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3 variables drive human behavior – Motivation, Ability, Prompts

First, there’s motivation, meaning your desire to do something.

Second, there is ability, or your capacity to do that thing.

Third, there are prompts, which are the stimuli that trigger you to do it. 

You can design prompts to trigger your own desired behaviors. 

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