-Resisting temptations often does not feel enjoyable because in essence all you doing is nothing.-Instead, make avoidance visible. Reward yourself for making the right decision. -Open a savings account and label it for something you want- maybe "Leather Jacket". Every time you pass on a purchase, put the same amount of money in the account.-The immediate reward of seeing yourself save money toward the jacket feels a lot better than being deprived. You are making it satisfying to do nothing.

Using immediate avoidance to prevent bad habits

-Pair a habit you need to do with habit you should do-Pair a habit you want to do with a habit you should do-Reduce friction for behaviors you want to do, and increase friction for behaviors you want to avoid

Anchoring Good Behavior

-Oswald Nuckols understood the power of priming his environment. -He had a strategy called resetting the room, where after finishing an activity he put everything back to where it was meant to be.-by depriming the environment, you can prevent negative behaviours. An example includes leaving your phone in a different room to prevent you from using it

"Resetting the room"

To change behavior 4 questions must be asked.-How can i make it obvious?-How can I make it attractive?-How can I make it easy?-How can I make it satisfying?

Behavior Change

-When starting a new habit, scale it down to a two-minute version to reduce the amount of friction required to do it.-"Read before bed each night" becomes "Read one page"- "study for class" becomes " open my notes/ open up studying page"-make your habit as easy to start as possible-Once you've started doing the right thing, it is much easier to keep doing it

The 2 minute rule

-visual cues are the greatest catalyst of our behavior-a small change in what your see can lead to a big shift in what you do-i must alter the spaces where i live and work to increase my exposure to positive cues and reduce exposure to negative cues-be a designer of my world instead of a consumer of it

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