This is like an algorithm that you can rely on, think of this as a mental shortcut that you can pull out whenever the situation is right.
Even if you’re talented, you can’t succeed without having great habits.
You don’t need to lose weight, you need better eating habits, and then your weight will always be around where you want to be.
You don’t need more money, you just need better financial habits, and then you’ll always have enough money to manage.
You can be the architect of your habits rather than the victim of them, a lot of time people talk about, I want more money, I want to lose weight, or I want some kind of result.
But the truth is your bank account is a lagging measure of your financial habits, your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits, your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning and reading habits.
We think the thing that needs to change is the bank account, the test score, or the number on the scale.
But the thing that needs a change are the habits that lead up to that outcome, every action you take is kind of like a vote for the type of person you want to become.
And, if you can master the right actions, and master the right habits, then you can start to cast votes for this new identity that you desire.
Running once outside for 15 minutes does not transform your body, but it does cast a vote for being the type of person who doesn’t miss workouts.
The technical definition of the habit is a behavior that’s been repeated enough times to be automatic, things that you can pretty much do without thinking about them.
For example, locking your door when you leave the house, brushing your teeth, eating, or drinking, are things that you pretty much do on autopilot.
Now, why does the brain build them? What role does it play?
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As you go through life you need energy to survive, and this is true not just for humans but for all organisms, we all need some kind of energy to survive.
And, getting energy requires energy, you need to eat food to be able to walk around to find the next meal.
Using energy is expensive, because the more energy used, the less you have available for the other things that life throws at you.
This is why, your brain is looking for ways to conserve energy whenever possible, and habits are a great method for doing that, for example when our ancestors were walking around.
If there was a clean water stream a few meters away from you, it made sense to go to that water stream, rather than the one that was 16 miles away, obviously, you would choose the path with the least resistance.
Eventually, what your brain learns is “Oh any time I see that rock that means the water stream must be near”, and so the rock becomes the signal that water must be near.
Your brain is always picking up on these signals throughout life, which indicates where things are, and the more you come across those signals the more you strengthen that automated response,
Pretty soon you’re always walking towards the water stream, even though you’re not even thinking about it, it’s become automatic.
It makes the whole process of finding energy, solving the problems of life, and getting through things easier, because it requires less energy, attention, and effort than it did before.
A lot of people don’t feel like they have control over their habits, they feel like their habits are taking control of them, that they’re a victim of these bad routines.
But, once you start to dive in a little bit, and uncover the layers, and realize what a habit is, and how it works, then you start to develop a little more control over it.
If we’re going to be building habits anyway, then it makes more sense to be able to understand how they work and how to structure them.
So that you can be the architect of your habits, rather than the victim of them, and they are broken down into these 4 simple pillars.
Queue
Craving
Response
Reward
This isn’t the traditional way, however, this isn’t some tree-hugging woo woo foo foo magic nonsense, there’s a lot of science behind it.
The idea behind this is if you show someone the right queue, and they take an action, and then you follow it with a reward, you can train them to do that thing whenever the queue arses again.
Here’s a real-life example, there was a study done by a Russian physiologist, called Ivan Pavlov, and he was trying to test the response in dogs.
And what he did was give the dog a treat, and the dog would eat it, after a while he would ring a bell and give no treat, then after a while, he would ring the bell and give the dog a treat.
However, the last part was shocking, it didn’t matter if Pavlov rang the bell and gave a treat or not, to the dog, any time Pavlov rang the bell the dog would come racing towards him at super-speed waiting for a treat.
In summary, the dog didn’t even need to see the treat, it was conditioned to believe that the bell was the queue to getting the treat.
It also works for human behavior, a simple example of this would be kids when they hear the noise of an ice cream truck.
But then, there was a second wave of research with cognitive psychology, over the last 50 to 75 years.
That shows not only do external cues and external rewards influence our habits, but also internal moods, emotions, feelings, thoughts, and beliefs influence our behaviors too.
You don’t do something for the reward, you do it for the image that the reward crates in your mind.
Here’s an example, have you ever bought something online and had the feeling that you’ve solved your problem, or have you ever been happy that a package is on its way?
Well, if you answered yes, then you’ve proven the study right! Think about it, you aren’t buying the thing, you can’t, since you don’t have the product yet.
What your buying is the image that a sales website creates in your mind, you’re buying the expectation that the product you bought will solve your problem.
And the reward of actually having the product, and, using it only comes after the action, this is true for all human behaviors and actions, it’s the anticipation that the thing you’re getting will be good, that makes you take action in the first place.
Here’s a sad, but true example, if you’ve been in an abusive relationship, and you’ve been hit before.
Then, one day the abuser is raising his or her voice at you, or, clenching their fists, you might start getting into a protective position.
If you think about it, the abuser hasn’t hit you yet, but you anticipate that his or her behaviors will lead to getting hit.
The craving motivates you to act, then you take the action, and then there’s the reward, and the reward serves 2 purposes.
The first one is that it satisfies the craving that came before, so if the thing that got you to buy the online course, or to sign up for the personal trainer at the gym.
Was the hope, or the anticipation that if I do this then I’ll be getting fitter, or, if I do this then I’ll be getting the ideas I need to scale my business.
You satisfy that craving by making the purchase, now that craving is gone, what you need is a different craving.
Now, you need the craving to produce consistent content, or to do those number of push-ups, or whatever you’re looking for in life, that’s the new craving that you need, to stick with the real thing.
We mention the 4 stages queue, craving, response, and reward, and for each of the stages, there is a thing called the law of behavior.
So, for the queue, the first law is to make it obvious.
For craving, the law is to make it attractive.
For response, the law is to make it easy.
And the reward is to make it satisfying.
The first idea is you want to make the queues of your good habits obvious, available, visible, and, easy to see, the easier it is to catch your attention, the more likely you’ll fall into the habit.
To break a bad habit, you just invert each of the 4 laws, so rather than making the cues of your bad habits obvious you want to make them invisible, rather than making it attractive, you want to make it difficult and unsatisfying.
I’ll give you an example, remember the quote “You are who you hang out with” or “Your environment is stronger than your willpower”.
One of the best places I like to suggest starting with is your environment, these are things like your desk, at home, your kitchen counter, and your office at work, they influence your behaviors.
If you can restructure your physical environment, or, your digital environment, then you’re more likely to stick with the right habits.
An example is, a lot of people feel like they watch too much YouTube, but if you open up your phone what is the first app on your home page?
YouTube! Like seriously what is this phone designed to make you do? Now I’m not saying you must throw your phone away and get a Nokia brick.
But there are a range of choices you could make, for example, you could use a software that I love called Block Site, it’s great for any computer, and it helps you stay focused, and block out all distractions.
Here’s the link to Block Site: https://blocksite.co/
P.S: It’s free
Or, if you’re on mobile you can use an app called Safe Surfer, this is an amazing app that works the same as Block Site.
Here’s the link to Safe Surfer: http://www.safesurfer.co.nz/
P.S: It’s free
Or maybe, you could delete the YouTube app, and, if you want to access it you have to re-download it every time, now I guarantee that will prevent a lot of impulse watching!
Or maybe you could put your device in a different room, this would stop you from getting easily distracted.
But you can also use it to promote good habits, here’s; a real example that I use right now, I used to snack a lot, and I would go for the things with the least resistance.
Unfortunately, they were never anything healthy, they were always bread, biscuits, chocolate, and cakes.
So, what I did was make myself a vegetable smoothie, so anytime I felt a bit peckish I go to my fridge and take the easiest thing I could find and that would be the smoothie.
Now I’m able to have something to snack on, and I’m constantly being healthy it’s a win-win!!! 🍠🍅🍆🥔🥕🥒🥜
Another example I had was that I would go on social media when I should be blogging, and this would lead to a lot of wasted time since I would get distracted far too often.
What I did was use Block Site to temporarily disable any websites on my pc that cause distraction, and I put my phone on airplane mode, so I can’t get any notifications that may tempt me to look at my phone.
Now, I’m able to sit down for hours and be 100% focused on making great content just for you! 😊
All I needed was that environmental change and those habits were able to inline, there was also another example at this company called Mindvalley.
Vishen Lakhiani Founder and CEO of Mindvalley used to bring doughnuts to the Mindvalley HQ as a reward or simple kind gesture.
However, he quickly overheard that he was doing more harm than good since a lot of his employees would say that they were trying to get healthier, lose weight, or simply reduce their sugar intake.
And bringing doughnuts was not helping them at all, but they felt pressured since Vishen Lakhiani went out of his way to get them, in addition, he realized that his employees were feeling more tired and sluggish.
What Vishen Lakhiani did was scrap that idea, and instead, take his team to fun events, or, let them choose whatever they wanted to buy, (Within reason of course LOL).
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