Building A Good Habit - Daily x'es

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Next up is to make our mind a friend, rather than a foe.

  1. It's well known how our brain loves to repeat known patterns, which is the underlying effect behind the 'Status quo bias.
  2. Tool number 2 is designed to trick your mind so that doing this 2-min action becomes a must-do. 
  3. This is about using dopamine, the reward hormone in the brain to reward yourself for doing your daily activities.
  4. And secondly, it's about utilizing the psychology of streaks and the love for patterns.
  5. As you set x's in the 'HabitTracker' (download the document below) you will see how the streak grows with every. And so too does your pride in keeping with what you have told yourself you will be doing daily.
  6. Notice what happens after 2-3 weeks, the streak is now so long that different dynamic kicks in - now it will be a shame to 'Having to start over and start from 1 if you were to miss one day.

This psychology is a neat little trick to help you maintain focus and keep doing your daily 2-min action

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