The first step to changing bad habits is to be on the lookout for them.
In this way, the process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
It is hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior.
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
Instead of trying to engineer a perfect habit from the start, do the easy thing on a more consistent basis.
While it is not possible to transform every habit into a supernormal stimulus, we can make any habit more enticing.
In the long run, we become a product of the environment we live in.
A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
The difference (in successful people) is that they still find a way to show up despite the feelings of bordeom.
You don’t have to build the habits that everyone tells you to build.
Our deeply rooted preferences make certain behaviors easier for some people than for others.
We repeat bad habits because they serve us in some way, and that makes them hard to abandon.
If you no longer expect smoking to bring you any benefits, you have no reason to smoke.
The closer we are to someone, the more likely we are to imitate some of their habits.
Small changes in context can lead to large changes in behavior over time.
Building better habits isn’t about littering your day with life hacks.
Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
The human brain loves a challenge, but only if it is within an optimal zone of difficulty.
Our genes do not eliminate the need for hard work. They clarify it. They tell us what to work hard on.
If you want to be truly great, selecting the right place to focus is crucial.