For A Habit To Stay Changed, People

Small Wins Are A Steady Application Of A Small Advantage.

This Is The Real Power Of Habit: The Insight That Your Habits Are What You Choose Them To Be.

If You Want To Do Something That Requires Willpower - Like Going For A Run After Work - You Have To Conserve Your Willpower Muscle During The Day.

What We Know From Lab Studies Is That It's Never Too Late To Break A Habit. Habits Are Malleable Throughout Your Entire Life. But We Also Know That The Best Way To Change A Habit Is To Understand Its Structure - That Once You Tell People About The Cue And The Reward And You Force Them To Recognize What Those Factors Are In A Behavior, It Becomes Much, Much Easier To Change.

Rather, To Change A Habit, You Must Keep The Old Cue, And Deliver The Old Reward, But Insert A New Routine.