How Habits Work
A habit - a mini-system that once you create, becomes automatic to your body, with minimal interference from the brain.
The Habit Loop is a breakdown of a habit put it into three sections:
- Cue: A certain trigger that awakens the habit
- Routine: The action you perform without thinking.
- Reward: The change you experience making you want to do more of the same.
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6. How triggers work
- The sequence known as a habit loop are described by three terms: cue, routine and reward.
- The golden rule of habit change design by Duhigg is to keep the cue and reward ande change the routine.
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- A Cue: It causes your brain to begin a behavior. It is a bit of information that predicts a reward.
- A Craving: It is the motivation behind every habit. Without a desire, we don't have a reason to act.
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