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Hooked
How to Build Habit-Forming Products

By Nir Eyal

Year Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 978-0241184837
Categories: Habits, Innovation, Products

94 Quotes Found

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…frequent engagement with a product – especially over a short period of time – increases the likelihood of forming new routines.

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For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or avoiding pain.

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…one aspect is common to all successful innovations – they solve problems.

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…habits… are formed over time, but the chain reaction that forms a habit always starts with a trigger.

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…new habits need a foundation upon which to build. Triggers provide the basis for sustained behavior change.

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Reducing the thinking required to take the next action increases the likelihood of the desired behavior occurring unconsciously.

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Habit-forming companies tend not to rely on paid triggers for very long, if at all.

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…product referrals from friends and family are often a key component of technology diffusion.

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Emotions, especially negative ones, are powerful internal triggers and greatly influence our daily routines.

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New habits are sparked by external triggers, but associations with internal triggers are what keeps users hooked.

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