10 Mind-blowing Lessons From the Book “The Power of Habit”
⚡️Book Thread⚡️
⚡️Book Thread⚡️
1. The Habit Loop
Put simply, the habit loop is composed of cues, routines, and rewards.
✅Train yourself to notice particular cues, which then trigger routines and bring you rewards.
Put simply, the habit loop is composed of cues, routines, and rewards.
✅Train yourself to notice particular cues, which then trigger routines and bring you rewards.
2. Cue Categories
5 main categories of cues:
- location
- time
- emotional state
- other people
- action immediately preceding the cue
👉Recognizing what cues you currently have in your life and how to seek out or avoid them is critical.
5 main categories of cues:
- location
- time
- emotional state
- other people
- action immediately preceding the cue
👉Recognizing what cues you currently have in your life and how to seek out or avoid them is critical.
3. Keystone or Foundational Habits
Keystone habits are usually small and result in a “win” for you, which snowballs into greater habit formation and control.
👉As an example, dieters who keep a food journal are more successful at losing weight.
Keystone habits are usually small and result in a “win” for you, which snowballs into greater habit formation and control.
👉As an example, dieters who keep a food journal are more successful at losing weight.
4. Plan for Pain
✅ If you write out a plan about what you’ll do when pain comes knocking on your door, you’ll be more successful at withstanding that pain.
✅ If you write out a plan about what you’ll do when pain comes knocking on your door, you’ll be more successful at withstanding that pain.
5. Craving
✅A craving, defined by this book, is the anticipation of reward.
It’s important to be aware of any cravings you have in your life as they can hijack or start a habit loop early, making it more difficult to quit bad habits.
✅A craving, defined by this book, is the anticipation of reward.
It’s important to be aware of any cravings you have in your life as they can hijack or start a habit loop early, making it more difficult to quit bad habits.
6. Repetition and Automation
The truth is that most of what we do is at least partially automated.
👉Hijacking this tendency of our brain to set certain activities on the back burner can help us form healthy habits that we don’t even need to think about.
The truth is that most of what we do is at least partially automated.
👉Hijacking this tendency of our brain to set certain activities on the back burner can help us form healthy habits that we don’t even need to think about.
7. Freedom is Important
The book makes it clear that there’s no single way to achieve good habits and quit bad habits.
✅The book focuses on providing you with a framework necessary to recognize the habits you have and learn how to create helpful habits.
The book makes it clear that there’s no single way to achieve good habits and quit bad habits.
✅The book focuses on providing you with a framework necessary to recognize the habits you have and learn how to create helpful habits.
8. Manipulate the Craving
✅One trick that might work for you when it comes to breaking bad habits is to not ignore or resist a craving a bad habit cue, but to instead change it.
✅One trick that might work for you when it comes to breaking bad habits is to not ignore or resist a craving a bad habit cue, but to instead change it.
9. The Crowd is Important
The people you surround yourself with can affect your success in forming or breaking habits.
👉You must surround yourself with those who are also trying to form the same habit or trying to break a bad habit
The people you surround yourself with can affect your success in forming or breaking habits.
👉You must surround yourself with those who are also trying to form the same habit or trying to break a bad habit
10. Personal Responsibility
You must get into the habit (pun intended) of taking responsibility for your bad actions.
🚫Don’t say it isn’t your fault; lean into the difficulty and face the challenge head-on.
You must get into the habit (pun intended) of taking responsibility for your bad actions.
🚫Don’t say it isn’t your fault; lean into the difficulty and face the challenge head-on.
Crucial for the immediate outcomes and Long-term goals as well!👌🏻
Necessary for:
- small to large decisions
- the way we manage our time
- the way we manage our career
- the way we live
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Necessary for:
- small to large decisions
- the way we manage our time
- the way we manage our career
- the way we live
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