If you want to make a habit a big part of your life, make the cue a big part of your environment.
Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
Small changes in context can lead to large changes in behavior over time.
Addictions could spontaneously dissolve if there was a radical change in the environment.
Here’s the punchline: You can break a habit, but you’re unlikely to forget it.
In the long run, we become a product of the environment we live in.
I have never seen someone consistently stick to positive habits in a negative environment.
One of the most practical ways to eliminate a bad habit is to reduce exposure to the cue that causes it.
If history serve as a guide, the opportunities of the future will be more attractive than those of today.
While it is not possible to transform every habit into a supernormal stimulus, we can make any habit more enticing.
When dopamine rises, so does your motivation to act.
We need to make our habits attractive because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that motivates to act in the first place.
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
If you work in a job where everyone wears expensive suits, then you’ll be inclined to splurge on one as well.
I find that I often imitate the behavior of those around me without realizing it.
Awareness is often enough to motivate change. Simply tracking your food intake will motivate you to alter it. Merely writing down your problems may spark ideas for possible solutions. The process star...
What starts as an excuse can easily become a habit. Don't let a bad day become a lifestyle.
Prime your environment to make the next action easy.
The more precisely you define the problem, the more easily you can find a solution. I feel bad can have a million causes. I didn't sleep much last night and I haven't exercised in a week has a very st...
If you'd like to do something bold with your life, you will have to choose to do something bold on a specific day. There is no perfect day. There is no right time. For the trajectory to change, there...
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