3 Powerful Strategies to Make Your Good Habits Stick
Plant habit seeds, use commitment devices, and utilize social contagion.
1. Plant Habit Seeds
You can’t rely on motivation when you create a new habit.
It won’t work because motivation is unpredictable and constantly fluctuating.
So, instead of trying to “get motivated,” make your habit really small.
This approach works exceptionally well.
It’s no coincidence that the most influential habit books are named Mini Habits, Tiny Habits, and Atomic Habits.
By starting with a tiny seed of a habit, you bypass the need for motivation.
You can do it every day whether you feel like it or not.
And that allows you to be consistent enough that your habit can take root and grow naturally over time(1).
2. Use Commitment Devices
A commitment device is a way of proactively locking yourself to a particular course of action(2).
It’s something you put in place now, so you will act the way you want to later.
Here are some examples:
- Cutting up your credit cards to avoid…
