![]() ![]() You can use the skill of masking your existing habit with another new and healthier habit. Sometimes breaking a habit loop can be difficult and might consume a lot of your time and energy that you could rather use to build something new and better. Whenever you miss a day or task give yourself a penalty or pay your partner a fine. Share your goals with your accountability partner, it can be anyone, your friend, spouse, parents, as long as they are there to help you keep an eye on your progress. In the beginning, it might seem easy and very tempting to stop, but after twenty-odd days you will think twice before breaking your own streak. Keeping a journal or making your day-to-day progress on the calendar will give you a boost. Here he shares the importance of marking your progress in a tangible, accessible format and the need for having an accountability partner. ![]() James provides simple yet effective ways to form healthy habit loops. Harmful habits almost always provide instant rewards, whereas, on the other hand, healthy habits take time to reap the fruit. The basis for this is the idea of delayed and instant gratification. He further goes on to explain why harmful habits are easily formed and why it’s difficult to break that cycle and form a new, more healthy habit loop. In the book, James explains each step in great detail. The cue and craving are the problems, and the response and reward are the solutions. There are many possible cues and cravings that might trigger you to behave a certain way. The law of behaviour changeįorming a behaviour or habit takes four steps, cue, craving, response, and reward, this completes the “habit loop”. ![]() Believing in this provides the psychological edge and helps us be more focused on the process instead of the outcome, which will eventually come. He flips this model around to, Identity-Process-Outcome, which prompts us to believe that we already are what we want to be. James explains the model of, Outcome-Process-Identity, you desire an outcome, you set a path to achieve it, you achieve it. ![]() In simple words, it’s creating the shift from “I want to…” to “I am…” and making this shift makes all the difference in the world. Using this technique is all about focusing all the positive energy on your present self rather than your future self. This is the fundamental of using the power of affirmations and attracting what you want in your life. Improving 1% everyday can have dramatic results. ![]()
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