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The Habit Loop
Each habit can be deconstructed in these 4 steps:
- The cue (smell of coffee) triggers a craving (I want coffee)
- which motivates a response (Buy coffee)
- which provides a reward (I feel good and energetic)
- which satisfies the craving and, ultimately, becomes associated with the cue.
Together, these four steps form a neurological feedback loop—cue, craving, response, reward; cue, craving, response, reward—that ultimately allows you to create automatic habits.
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- Cue 1: Time - Most common way to trigger a new habit
- Cue 2: Location - Most powerful driver of mindless habits and also the least recognized
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The Habit Loop
Any habit can be broken down into a feedback loop that involves four steps:
- Cue: is that thing (mainly visual) that reminds you about the thing you about to do.
- Craving: Then you wanted (thinking) to do that thing.
- Response:
The 3 Step Loop of Habit Formation:
- First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use.
- Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional.
- Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particu...
Rewards Are The End Goal Of Habits
Your cue leads to your craving, which leads to a response, that leads to your reward.
These rewards can take any form, and as your habit gets more ingrained you develop a craving for the reward too, further developing the habit.
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