-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
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