Why habits work better than goals
- Goals rely on things not always under our control like health and emotional stability. Habits are more automated & free up our brain for other things.
- Goals rely on willpower and self-discipline. Once created, habits don't depend on motivation.
- Goals have an end-point after which many people abandon that area because they got the reward of success. Habit is a long-term concept.
- Habit is a lifestyle. Studies have shown our brain can confuse goal setting with achieving those goals, making us complacent.
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Difference between Habits and Goals
- Goal is an end-point. Habit is a daily persistent action.
They each require different forms of action, like being fluent in a new language in six months is a goal, but practicing 30 minutes each day is a habit.
- Habits influence our automatic b...
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