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Systems trump goals
Achieve more by focusing less on goals and more on systems to achieve them.
How to create a morning routine that works for you
Start your day right with a morning routine tailored to you.
Habits: Harnessing the power of repeated small changes
How to build and break habits to become the type of person you want to be.
Habits: Periodically review your habits
Review your habits periodically to ensure they help you become the type of person you want to be.
Habits: Make behaviour satisfying or unsatisfying
We tend to repeat behaviours that are immediately satisfying and avoid behaviours that are not.
Habits: Make behaviour easy or difficult
The easier it is to perform a habit, the more likely you are to do it.
Habits: Make behaviour attractive or unattractive
The expectation of a satisfying outcome motivates us to act.
Habits: Make the cue obvious or invisible
Every habit is activated by noticing the relevant cue.
Habits: Build desired habits and break unwanted habits
Make it obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying; or invisible, unattractive, difficult and unsatisfying.
Habits: Determine which habits you want to build or break
Determine which habits can help you become the type of person you want to be.
Habits: Become aware of your daily habits
Create a habits scorecard to increase your awareness of your daily habits.
Habits: Determine the type of person you want to be
Build identity-based habits by focusing on the type of person you want to be.
How to break a bad habit through the underlying motive
You don't want the habit itself, but the better feeling it produces.