1.1: Fill out the Habits Scorecard: Write down your current habits to become aware of them.1.2: Use implementation intentions: “I will [BEHAVIOR] at [TIME] in [LOCATION].”1.3: Use habit stacking: “After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT].”1.4: Design your environment: Make the cues of good habits obvious and visible.

The 1st Law: Make It Obvious

“Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.”

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.”

<ul><li>The 1st Law: Make It Obvious</li><li>The 2nd Law:Make It Attractive</li><li>The 3rd Law: Make It Easy</li><li>The 4th Law: Make It Satisfying</li></ul>

HOW TO CREATE A GOOD HABIT

3.1: Reduce friction. Decrease the number of steps between you and your good habits.3.2: Prime the environment. Prepare your environment to make future actions easier.3.3: Master the decisive moment. Optimize the small choices that deliver outsized impact.3.4: Use the Two-Minute Rule. Downscale your habits until they can be done in two minutes or less.3.5: Automate your habits. Invest in technology and onetime purchases that lock in future behavior.

The 3rd Law: Make It Easy

2.1: Use temptation bundling. Pair an action you want to do with an action you need to do.2.2: Join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.2.3: Create a motivation ritual. Do something you enjoy immediately before a difficult habit.

The 2nd Law:Make It Attractive

1.5: Reduce exposure. Remove the cues of your bad habits from your environment.

Inversion of the 1st Law: Make It Invisible

3.6: Increase friction. Increase the number of steps between you and your bad habits.3.7: Use a commitment device. Restrict your future choices to the ones that benefit you.

Inversion of the 3rd Law: Make It Difficult

4.5: Get an accountability partner. Ask someone to watch your behavior.4.6: Create a habit contract. Make the costs of your bad habits public and painful.

Inversion of the 4th Law: Make It Unsatisfying

2.4: Reframe your mind-set. Highlight the benefits of avoiding your bad habits.

Inversion of the 2nd Law: Make It Unattractive 2.4:

“If you pick the right small behavior and sequence it right, then you won’t have to motivate yourself to have it grow. It will just happen naturally, like a good seed planted in a good spot.”

4.1: Use reinforcement. Give yourself an immediate reward when you complete your habit.4.2: Make “doing nothing” enjoyable. When avoiding a bad habit, design a way to see the benefits.4.3: Use a habit tracker. Keep track of your habit streak and “don’t break the chain.”4.4: Never miss twice. When you forget to do a habit, make sure you get back on track immediately.

The 4th Law: Make It Satisfying

<ul><li>Inversion of the 1st Law: Make It Invisible</li><li>Inversion of the 2nd Law: Make It Unattractive</li><li>Inversion of the 3rd Law: Make It Difficult</li><li>Inversion of the 4th Law: Make It Unsatisfying</li></ul>

HOW TO BREAK A BAD HABIT

A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.

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