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                     How to Create a Good Habit

How to Create a Good Habit

The 3rd Law: Make it Easy

  • Reduce friction

   Decrease the number of steps between you and your good habits. 

  • Prime the environment

   Prepare your environment to make future actions easier.

  • Master the decisive moment

  Optimize the small choices that deliver outsized impact.

  • Use the Two-Minute Rule

   Downscale your habits until they can be done in two minutes or less. 

  • Automate your habits

   Invest in technology and one-time purchases that lock in future behavior.  

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