Intentions, also known as action triggers or if-then planning. If ________ happens, then I will do _______. With if-then planning, we try to plan for every habit challenge that might arise, so we don’...
Is surprising how soon a desire will die of inanition if it be never fed.
Leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it’s not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do. Having
Leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it’s not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do.
Making. A habit requires no decision from me, because I’ve already decided.
Many people decide to improve their habits, they don’t begin by looking where their keys are; they begin by looking in an easy spot.
Mere acquisition isn't enough to establish a good habit
Note: people weigh their highest on Sunday;14 their lowest, on Friday morning.)
Nothing was insurmountable if I did what I knew ought to be done, little by little. My
Novelty. I’m definitely in the familiarity camp. I love to reread my favorite books and to watch movies over and over. I eat the same foods, more or less, every day. I like returning to places I’ve vi...
Once the habit is in place, we can effortlessly do the things we want to do.
One Secret of Adulthood is Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’? And
Severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
Six obvious ways to make an activity less convenient: • Increase the amount of physical or mental energy required (leave the cell phone in another room, ban smoking inside or near a building). • Hid...
Studies show that the absence of feeling bad isn’t enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good. One
The Strategy of Pairing, I couple two activities, one that I need or want to do, and one that I don’t particularly want to do, to get myself to accomplish them both. It’s not a reward, it’s not a trea...
The habit of bed making is correlated with a sense of greater well-being and higher productivity. Other common broken windows include having a messy car; accumulating piles of laundry or trash; not be...
The marriage expert John Gottman calls the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for their destructive role in relationships: stonewalling, defensiveness, criticism, and contempt. Well,
The real key to habits is decision making—or, more accurately, the lack of decision making
The Hawthorne effect, in which people being studied improve their performance, simply because of the extra attention they’re getting. In
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