Learn more about books with this collection
How to set achievable goals
How to manage time for personal and professional life
How to avoid distractions
We experience peak motivation when we are performing actions that are right on the edge our current abilities.
Not too difficult, not too easy.
20.1K
64.7K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
A habit is a routine or behavior that is carried out repeatedly and most of the time automatically.
When you are faced with a problem repeatedly, your brain starts to automate the process of solving it. Your habits are sets of automatic solutions that solve the pro...
124K
297K reads
22.8K
88.4K reads
The amount of time you have been performing a habit is not as important as the number of times you have performed it.
You could do something three times in thirty days, or three hundred times. The frequency will always make the difference.
19.7K
55.5K reads
The main components of habit formation:
22.8K
74.2K reads
You could choose and start a habit because of motivation, but you'll stick with it only if it becomes part of your identity.
To change your identity:
123K
154K reads
We imitate the habits of three groups:
19.9K
55.5K reads
Create a motivation ritual by doing something you really like right before a difficult habit.
Habits are attractive when we associate them with positive feelings and unattractive when we associate them with negative feelings.
21K
60.2K reads
A better method is to cut bad habits off at the source.
You may be able to resist temptation once, but you will most likely not be able to have the willpower to control your desires each time they appear. Thus, your energy would be better spent optimizing your environment....
20.8K
71.8K reads
We will instinctively choose the path that requires the least amount of work.
Diminish the friction associated with positive actions. When friction is reduced, habits become easy. Increase the friction associated with negative behaviors. This way, habits become hard.
19.6K
54.6K reads
What is instantly rewarded is done again. What is instantly punished is ditched.
To get a habit to stick you need to feel instantly successful, even if itβs in a small way.
20K
57.4K reads
Goals are good for establishing a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
Goals are about the results you hope to reach. Systems are about the mechanisms that lead to those results.
124K
228K reads
23.4K
95.9K reads
123K
171K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Related collections
Other curated ideas on this topic:
WeΒ experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of our current abilities. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.
Tasks that are significantly below our current abilities are boring. Tasks that are significantly beyond our current abilities are discouraging.
The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities.
Anyone can work hard when they feel motivated. Itβs the ability to keep going when work isnβt exciting that makes the difference.Β
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
β
100+ Learning Journeys
β
Access to 200,000+ ideas
β
Access to the mobile app
β
Unlimited idea saving
β
β
Unlimited history
β
β
Unlimited listening to ideas
β
β
Downloading & offline access
β
β
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates