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Most of the battle of building better habits comes down to finding ways to reduce the friction associated with our good habits and increase the friction associated with our bad ones.
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The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved.
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A commitment device is a choice you make in the present that controls your actions in the future. It is a way to lock in future behavior, bind you to good habits, and restrict you from bad ones.
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Commitment devices are useful because they enable you to take advantage of good intentions before you can fall victim to temptation.
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Commitment devices increase the odds that you’ll do the right thing in the future by making bad habits difficult in the present.
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The downside of automation is that we can find ourselves jumping from easy task to easy task without making time for more difficult, but ultimately more rewarding, work.
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Immediate reinforcement helps maintain motivation in the short term while you’re waiting for the long-term rewards to arrive.
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…we optimize for what we measure. When we choose the wrong measurement, we get the wrong behavior.
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Measurement is only useful when it guides you and adds context to a larger picture, not when it consumes you.
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…just because you can’t measure something doesn’t mean it’s not important at all.
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