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True behavior change is identity change. You might start a habit because of motivation, but the only reason you’ll stick with one is that it becomes part of your identity.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity. What you do is an indication of the type of person you believe that you are – either consciously or unconsciously.
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The more you repeat a behavior, the more you reinforce the identity associated with that behavior.
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This is the feedback loop behind all human behavior: try, fail, learn, try differently. With practice, the useless movements fade away and the useful actions get reinforced. That’s a habit forming.
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All behavior is driven by the desire to solve a problem.
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No behavior happens in isolation. Each action becomes a cue that triggers the next behavior.
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…habit stacking allows you to create a set of simple rules that guide your future behavior. It’s like you always have a game plan for which action should come next.
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Despite our unique personalities, certain behaviors tend to arise again and again under certain environmental conditions.
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Given that we are more dependent on vision than on any other sense, it should come as no surprise that visual cues are the greatest catalyst of our behavior.
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Our behavior is not defined by the objects in the environment but by our relationship to them.
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