Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick by Jeremy Dean

Author:Jeremy Dean [Dean, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Psychology, Applied Psychology, Physiological Psychology, General, Self-Help, Personal Growth
ISBN: 9780738216089
Google: NHUbYD1c4pkC
Amazon: B00AHF87QM
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2013-01-01T14:48:40+00:00

What seems like a fairly simple task of making a plan actually requires some creativity. Although people do spontaneously make plans, they aren’t usually precise enough. We need these ifs and thens because of all the things that can go wrong. But with the right kind of planning you should be able to get your new habit off the ground. The next step is to keep it going.

Building a new habit means repeating the thought or behavior in a stable context. Each time it is repeated, we go a little way towards increasing the habit’s automaticity. Exactly how many repetitions are required will depend on your lifestyle and the exact habit you’re trying to develop. Even the simplest variations can affect how many will be required. Recall the study from the first chapter which found a curved relationship between habit repetition and automaticity. Here’s the graph again:

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