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Area: Habits
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Decide in advance where and when, not whether
The gap between intending and doing closes when you name a time and a place.
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Change the environment, not your resolve
Every gram of friction between you and a behaviour does more work than a decision does.
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Pair the thing you avoid with the thing you want
Only listen to the addictive podcast at the gym. Nowhere else.
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Make quitting expensive before you want to quit
Bind yourself while you are still the version of you who wants this.
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Do not expect a habit in twenty-one days
The real median was 66 days, and the range ran to 254.
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Start at a moment that already feels like a beginning
Mondays, birthdays and the first of the month genuinely do work better - and there is a catch.
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Make the first step absurdly small
Popular, plausible, and much less tested than its confidence suggests.