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by
James Clear
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November 3 - November 28, 2020
aggregation of marginal gains,”
most powerful outcomes are delayed.
habits need to persist long enough to break through
purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.
cycle of endless refinement
Once
your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
THE TWO-STEP PROCESS TO CHANGING
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
habits are the path to changing your identity.
Decide the type of person you want to be.
Who do you wish to become?
“Who is the type of person that could get the outcome I
want?”
she acted like a healthy person long enough, eventually she would become that person.
Whenever possible, the conscious mind likes to pawn off tasks to the nonconscious mind to do automatically.
Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.
You hit a stumbling block on a project at work.
Make it attractive.
Many of our failures in performance are largely attributable to a lack of self-awareness.
Habits Scorecard,
simply notice what is actually going on.
Say out loud the action that you are thinking of taking and what the outcome will be.
“I’m about to eat this cookie, but I don’t need it.
consequences seem more real.
implementation intention,
two most common cues are time and location.
plan for when and where they will perform a new habit are more likely to follow through.
Finances. When I want to buy something over $100, I will wait twenty-four hours before purchasing.
It’s easy not to take your vitamins when they are out of sight in the pantry.
creating obvious visual cues can draw your attention toward a desired habit.
Every habit should have a home.
We are more likely to notice cues that stand out.
“disciplined” people are better at structuring their lives in a way that does not require heroic willpower and self-control.
creating a more disciplined environment.
overeating.
primary
one study found that the higher your best friend’s IQ at age eleven or twelve, the higher your IQ would be at age fifteen, even after controlling for natural levels of intelligence.
join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.
normal behavior of the tribe often overpowers the desired behavior of the individual.
We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
biggest reason why you slip into motion rather than taking action:
When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something.
motivation is the key to habit change.
truth is, our real motivation is to be lazy
follow the Law of Least Effort,
less energy a habit requires, the more likely it is to occur.
practice environment design.
ask their customers to make fewer choices.
habit must be established before it can be improved.
