Habits for Life: 9 Steps for Building Habits that Stick by Akash Karia

Author:Akash Karia [Karia, Akash]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AkashKaria.com
Published: 2015-10-01T18:30:00+00:00

Why are negative if-then goals problematic?

They actually focus your attention on the action you are hoping to avoid. Rather than reprogramming yourself to focus on performing a new habit in place of a bad one, you’re actually allowing your brain to linger on the bad habit. This increased awareness of the action you’re not supposed to be doing can make it significantly harder for you to succeed.

So focus on the positive, and take some time to plan when, where, and how you’re going to accomplish your goal. Not only does this approach allow you to increase your odds of success by linking the new habit to an existing one, but it also helps automate and expedite the decision-making process.

How?

Well, you effectively eliminate the need to consciously make the decision later by hardwiring your brain to act a certain way upon encountering a specific future scenario. For example, rather than coming home and agonizing over whether or not you should go for a run before dinner, you will have already done the hard part by deciding in advance that as soon as you change out of your work clothes, you will go for a run.

Now don’t expect this to be easy right away. Picking up a new habit, as you have surely already learned at some point in your life, takes dedication and patience. The concept of if-then planning, much like the other strategies discussed in this book, can help you increase your chances of success and become more in tune with your habit formation strengths and weaknesses.

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