Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
When deciding between two similar options, people will naturally gravitate toward the option that requires the least amount of work.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
Both common sense and scientific evidence agree: reptition is a form of change.
Your current habits are not necessarily the best way to solve the problems you face; they are just the methods you learned to use.
The normal behavior of the tribe often overpowers the desired behavior of the individual.
Remaining part of a group after achieving a goal is crucial to maintaining your habits.
Your culture sets your expectation for what is ‘normal.’
If you work in a job where everyone wears expensive suits, then you’ll be inclined to splurge on one as well.
Here’s the punchline: You can break a habit, but you’re unlikely to forget it.
The people with the best self-control are typically the ones who need to use it the least.
Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
People who make a specific plan for when and where they will perform a new habits are more likely to follow through.
Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.
Conversely, if an experience is not satisfying, we have little reason to repeat it.
What is rewarded is repeated. What is punished is avoided.
The world has changed much in recent years, but human nature has changed little.
Habits seem to make little difference on any given day and yet the impact they deliver over the months and years can be enormous.
Each chunk of information that is memorized opens up the mental space for more effortful thinking.
A habit needs to be enjoyable for it to last. Change is easy when it is enjoyable.
One of the most effective things you can do to build better habits is to join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.
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