Try to make the cue for good habits as easy/accessible as possible, vice versa. Reduce/limit the bad habit at the beginning, instead of trying to eliminate right away Trying getting into some related new good habits first, and eventually you will be a different better person and wouldn't want the bad habit anymoreįind some new habit that you have stronger motivation, and is easier for you to doĪlso need to break down the bad habit into tiny bad habits High frequency tiny success, and celebrate It's very important to make yourself happy and feel good and cheered up during this process Whenever you finish one tiny cue-action cycle, celebrate to yourself (can be as simple as snapping your finger).

Instead of saying 'Read book before sleeping', say something like 'Read one page of book right after brushing teeth'Īction has to be tiny enough that you can easily finish soon. Refresh the page, check Medium ’s site status, or find. This has to be an accurate point of time. How BJ Foggs Tiny Habits Deliver Surprisingly Big Results ILLUMINATION 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Starting from the most impactful and easiest actionsįind a cue/time stamp that you want to do this action. Sort these actions by impact and by if they are within your circle of competence Think about what do you need, or want to achieveīrain storm small actions that can help you to achieve these goals My early research on Persuasive Technology has informed the design of products.

On the industry side, I train Fortune 500 companies, with a special focus on health, productivity, and financial wellbeing.

I've invested over 20 years researching and teaching insights about human behavior. To get into a new good habitBy following the process introduced in this book, it is very easy to get into a new good habit, and get rid of a bad habit I run the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford. Human behaviors are decided by these 3 factors: Motivation, competency, and cue

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