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Goldlock's Rule
Goldlock's Rule says that a habit should not be too easy, because otherwise you get bored, and not too hard, because then you get frustrated.
The trick is to hit the middle. This center is called Goldlock's Zone.
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The four laws of building a habit
To successfully build a good habit you need to use the four laws of habit building:
- Make it obvious (Don't give your head time to reconsider. Make it obvious for yourself that the action is the right thing to do)
- Make it attractive
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The Habit Loop
Every habit consists of four parts:
- The cue (what triggers your desire to do something)
- The craving (the desire for an action)
- The response (the action)
- The reward (the satisfaction you get from...
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Habit Scoreboard
Not sure what habits to change? Use a Habit Scoreboard.
Simply note down every action you take during the day. At the end of the day look through all your habits and assess whether you want to keep them in your life or of you want to do something else instead.
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The four laws of breaking a habit
According to the four laws of habit building you can do the exact opposite to break a bad habit. This results in the four laws of breaking a habit:
- Make it invisible
- Make it unattractive
- Make it difficult
- Make i...
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Two Minute Rule
If something seems hard and unappealing to do, try setting a timer for two minutes and just do it for two minutes.
If you still don't want to do it after two minutes, stop. If you want to continue, go on!
That helps to to get started with your tasks and also to make a habit out of it....
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Use an Accountability Partner
We don't want other people to think that we failed. This technique works very well if you have friends who can check your progress.
Tell a friend that you want to build a habit. That friend then asks you
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Implication-Intention
An implication-intention is a phrase that determines exactly what you want to do.F or example:
"I am going brush my teeth in the bathroom after taking a shower."
This helps you to make it clear to yourself what exactly you want to do.
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Don't fall into the Valley of Disappointment
Your progress is not linear. But people often expect it to be. If you expect progress that comes instantly, you will be disappointed.
But if you manage to stay motivated and get 1% better every day, you will be much better someday than you had expected before. Keep going!
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1% better every day
Instead of trying to improve everything in your life in one day, try becoming 1% better every day. 1% better every single day results in 37x improvement over a year.
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Never Miss Twice
Sometimes you simply can not do yout habit. Maybe you're sick or just not have time on that day. If so, never miss twice.
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Habit Stacking
Habit stacking means that you take a habit you already have (like eating breakfast) and stack another habit on top of it. This may look like:
"I am going to read one chapter of my new book after eating breakfast"
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If a behavior is appreciated by the prople around us, it feels better and much easier to adopt.
JAMES CLEAR
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Habits form your character
Your character and personality is formed by every single action you take during the day. To improve your habits means that you in fact improve your character.
Your entire identity is the result of all your habits together.
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The two minute rule
The two minute rule states, "When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do".
The idea is to make your habits as easy as possible to start.
A new habit should not feel like a challenge. The actions that you follow can be challenging, but the f...
Schools as transmission failures
Why schools fail to teach everything they intend to:
- The patters are too easy, so students get bored (and this is especially common for gifted students).
- The patters to be learned are too hard, so students give up.
- The patterns are not perceived as mean...
The Goldilocks Zone
Many of us want circumstances that are the perfect fit. Just like Goldilocks, we don't want it too hot or too cold. We want it just right.
It's hard to engage fully with tasks that are either too much or too little; too challenging or too simple. The mismatch can leave you...
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