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The Incentive Behind How Many Days Does It Take to Form a Habit
- There's something powerful about knowing an end exists
- Having a particular end date where things will supposedly become easier means being able to convince yourself that you can push through that number of days
- If our initial conviction was that things will now be easier - automatic even - when we hit a particular date, we'll be quite disappointed when things remain hard
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The Real Value: Get Started
- Your value system takes a drastic turn when you keep practising an activity you want to form as a habit.
- Embarking on a habit-formation journey gives you the opportunity to figure out what you really value.
- Persisting in doing something allows you to see which things are impo...
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The Bottom Line
- The essential thing is figuring out what tasks are worth keeping and what aren't.
- When you stick to a certain activity for 21 days or more, you give yourself the opportunity to find if this new thing is valuable enough - for you - to keep doing it.
- Regularly hitting the gym a...
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The Duration Of Habit Formation
People thinking about forming good habits often get stuck. They get preoccupied with a question that feels hopeful. But it’s actually hollow inside. In particular, looking for the answer to: How many days does it take to form a habit?
There is no point.
If you want to know ho...
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How The Myth Took Formation
In a famous book from the 1960s, Dr. Maxwell Malt said: "These, and many other commonly observed phenomena tend to show that it requires a minimum of about 21 days for an old mental image to dissolve and a new one to jell."
21-days seems reasonable. Easy. Tweetable. Doable....
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The 21 Day Myth
According to productivity experts, if a person commits to doing something – anything – for 21 days straight.
This thing will supposedly become automatic behaviour that doesn’t require any effort. This is not true.
For example, if you want to lose weight, yo...
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