The easier something is to do, the more likely you are to do it. This is the very antithesis of the ‘Go Big or Go Home’ mentality so prevalent in most self-development books. Help people do what they already want to do.Fogg puts forward three maxims that are instrumental in Behaviour Change. When you plant the seed of a habit and nurture it, one day it will bear the fruit of success. It cannot be stressed enough that when trying some aspect of self-improvement (losing weight, reading/praying/meditating every day), you might NEVER succeed at ALL of the components. In a previous post I explained how feeling successful even in a small way helps a habit to grow. There are two prevailing ideas that lead to failure:īoth of these ideas are false and in some ways dangerous to your long-term success and mental health. This is where most Habit Change methods fall down. Most of our ‘bad’ habits deliver some reward that is out of proportion to the effort needed to do them.Īs the author states, “ The essence of Tiny Habits is this: take a behaviour you want, make it tiny, find where it fits naturally in your life, and nurture its growth.” He also explains why bad habits such as endless scrolling on social media ( Youtube, Facebook) are so hard to break. Dr Fogg stresses the importance of making the new habit as easy as possible to incorporate into your already existing routines.
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