The Domino Habit

2 main ways you can condition a habit:

• Classical conditioning: a paired association with a trigger and a behavior. Going to the gym after you wake up each morning is this kind of habit.
• Operant conditioning: you not only associate a trigger with a behavior, but you reward th...

Habit stacking means adding new habits onto existing ones - to the things you already automatically do every day.

After waking up in the morning, you might put on a cup of coffee. When you visit the bathroom, you wash your hands. And before you go to bed, you brush you...

A reading habit can help you in numerous ways.

• Browsing through a book can calm you as part of the daily bedtime routine.
• It will also replace bad habits like looking at your phone before bed.
• Audiobooks can help you get fit. A study found those who...