Script the Critical Moves

Any successful change requires a translation of ambiguous goals into concrete behaviors. In short, to make a switch, you need to script the critical moves.

Too many choices can lead to decision paralysis. For effective change, limit the options as much as possible.

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Build Habits

Habits can be both good and bad and to change yourself, you have to replace the bad habits with the good.
Changing habits requires a change of environment and a change in mentality.
You can change habits by employin...

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The Change Framework

The basic three-part framework you need to change behavior:

Direct the Rider. Provide crystal clear direction. “What looks like resistance is often a lack of clarity.”
Motivate the Elephant. Engage the emotional side. “What looks like laziness ...

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Tweak the Environment

Tweaking the environment is about making the right behaviors a little bit easier and the wrong behaviors a little bit harder. It’s that simple.

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Shrink the Change

To shrink the change:

Make the change small enough that you can’t help but score a victory
Limit the investment you’re asking for
Think of small wins—milestones that are within reach.

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The Elephant and the Rider

The brain has two independent systems at work at all times.

First, there’s the emotional side. It’s the part of you that is instinctive, that feels pain and pleasure.
Second, there’s the rational side, also known as the reflective or conscious sys...

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“Knowledge does not change behavior,” he said. “We have all encountered crazy shrinks and obese doctors and divorced marriage counselors.”

CHIP & DAN HEATH

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Bright Spots

Bright spots are successful efforts worth emulating
To discover bright spots, ask yourself: “What’s working and how can we do more of it?”
The Miracle Question: “What’s the first small sign you’d see that would make you think the problem was gone?”
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Point to the Destination

Create a destination postcard that shows what you want to achieve in the near future.

Destination postcards—pictures of a future that hard work can make possible—show the Rider where you’re headed, and they show the Elephant why the journey is worthwhile.

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