Every habit is made of three parts... a cue, a routine and a habit. Most people focus on the routine and behavior, but these cues and rewards are really the way you make something into a habit.
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Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them.
Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious - and rightly so - for its ability to direct our actions, even against our will; but by mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.
The discovery of the habit loop is important because it reveals a basic truth: When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. It stops working so hard, or diverts focus to other tasks.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
The specific steps for changing a specific habit differ from person to person and habit to habit, but the steps - the formula - is essentially the same, and once you learn it, you can do amazing things.
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.
When most individuals or most companies are talking about trying to create healthy habits, the key is to identify which habit or habits seem most important.
Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.
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