THE POWER OF HABIT (thread)

Theory is useless unless paired with action.

This thread is what will separate you from everyone else.

10 Macro Ideas from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

1. THE HABIT LOOP

The habit loop can be broken down into three distinct processes: cue, routine and reward. Consider your evening routine. Let’s say you go home every day, turn on the news and sit down in your favorite lounger to enjoy a glass of wine.

Would you be satisfied with water and a yoga class instead? Highly unlikely. Your habit loop subtly dictates that you follow the same pattern each day even if you planned on changing things up.

2. A CUE

A cue is a prompt that stands at the root of every habit. Oftentimes, a cue is urged forward by a craving. You’re usually unaware that a craving is driving your behavior.

By figuring out how to spark a craving and rewarding it, creating a habit becomes easier.

“Researchers have learned that cues can be almost anything, from a visual trigger such as a candy bar or a television commercial to a certain place, a time of day, an emotion, a sequence of thoughts, or the company of particular people.”

3. THE GOLDEN RULE OF HABIT CHANGE

Any behavior can be transformed if the cue and reward stay the same. It’s the routine that must change.

It’s easy to spend a day or two implementing change. It’s more difficult, but much more lasting to incorporate that lifestyle change into an already formed habit loop. Cue + Good routine – Bad Routine + Reward = Lasting Success

4. BELIEF

For a habit to become permanent, you must first believe change is possible. Even if you adopt a better habit, it doesn’t repair the root of the damaging behavior.

Eventually a bad day will happen and no new routine is going to make everything worth pushing through. What will make a difference is believing that you can prevail.

5. SMALL WINS

Small wins fuel transformative changes by leveraging tiny advantages into patterns that convince people that bigger achievements are within reach. Small wins are exactly how keystone habits create widespread change.

6. WILLPOWER

Willpower is the single most important keystone habit. It’s also a learnable skill that can be taught, but keep in mind that willpower is just like a muscle. It can only be exerted a finite amount each day.

Because willpower is a keystone habit, strengthening that muscle in one aspect of your life will spill over into other areas.

7. CONSCIOUS CHANGE

Oftentimes, we know well in advance that something going on in our lives needs to change. That doesn’t mean that we always follow through on our commitments to ourselves. We must make a conscious change.

Simply understanding the habit loop and believing in yourself is not enough. You must choose your destiny. Don’t continue lying to yourself. Admit your faults. Then make a change.

Are your habits holding you back?

>Food addictions?

>Social media addictions?

>Drug addictions?

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