Articles about Habits
Here is the Outline to create habits.
From James Clear's book, "Atomic Habits" "If you have ever wondered, “Why don’t I do what I say I’m going to do? Why don’t I lose the weight or stop smoking or save for retirement or start that side business? Why do I say something is important but never seem to make...
Motivation is overrated. Changing your environment in more important to form a habit.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" Motivation Is Overrated. Changing your Environment Is More Important to Form a Habit. "When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren’t all that different from...
To keep up a habit, you must make a habit contract or have an accountability partner.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" To keep up a habit, you must make a habit contract. "Thankfully, there is a straightforward way to add an immediate cost to any bad habit: create a habit contract." (p. 207) "A habit contract is a verbal or written agreement in...
You must track your habits to see if you are making progress
From James Clear "Atomic Habits" You Must Track Your Habits to See if You Are Making Progress! "Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paper clips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your...
To overcome a bad habit, make it impractical to do the habit.
By James Clear "Atomic Habits" "The best way to break a bad habit is to make it impractical to do. Increase the friction until you don’t even have the option to act." "Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits hard." (p....
To start a new habit, you must make it very very easy.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" To Start a New Habit, You Must Make It Very Very Easy. "If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection. You don’t need to map out every feature of a new habit. You just need to practice it."...
To form a new habit, you must write down the exact time and location of your new habit.
From James Clear "Atomic Habits" To from a new habit, you must write down the exact time and location of your new habit. "Hundreds of studies have shown that implementation intentions are effective for sticking to our goals, whether it’s writing down the exact time...
To form a habit, you must give yourself a reward.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" To Form a Habit, You Must Give Yourself a Award (a Dopamine hit). "In the beginning, you need a reason to stay on track. This is why immediate rewards are essential. They keep you excited while the delayed rewards accumulate in...
Use a Habit Tracker to help you keep up your habit
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" Why Should I Use a Habit Tracker? "Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paper clips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your behavior and add a...
Eugene’s incredible story about the power of habits
3 min. read Eugene's remarkable story shows how powerful habits can be. Eugene had a rare disease which destroyed parts of his brain. After recovering from the disease, he could not form new memories. For example, if you told him your name, 2 minutes later he couldn't...
How to create new Habits.
2 min. 15 sec. read To create new habit, you need three things. A cue, a routine, and a reward. "This process within our brains is a three-step loop. First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use. Then there is...
How to change bad habits.
3 min. read You can't get rid of bad habits. The best thing you can do is change a bad habit with a different habit. In order to change your bad habit, you need to keep the cue, keep the reward, but change the routine. "That’s the rule: If you use the same cue, and...
Willpower
1 min. 30 sec. read Willpower has been shown to be more important than IQ for academics and success. "Dozens of studies show that willpower is the single most important keystone habit for individual success." (p.131) Can willpower be developed and made stronger? Yes,...