Five mechanisms to break bad habits:
- self-monitoring
- mindfulness
- coping planning
- replacement rewarding habit
- change the environment
See also
- Capitolo 6 - La Motivazione é Sopravvalutata, l’Ambiente é piú Importante — environment change is the most powerful lever: if the cue disappears from the context, the habit loop never starts
- Capitolo 7 - Il Segreto per l’Autocontrollo — self-control is not about willpower but about designing the environment so the bad habit is invisible
- Non possiamo eliminare i bias, possiamo solo riconoscere le situazioni a rischio — self-monitoring and mindfulness are the same strategy applied to habits: recognise the situations where the error is likely and increase vigilance there
- Il ciclo di feedback dall’inferno — bad habits often persist as feedback loops; replacement with a rewarding habit breaks the loop by satisfying the same need through a different path
- Willpower Isn’t Depleted — It Shifts From Control to Reward — coping planning is a System 2 intervention; but the deeper fix is redirecting motivation toward a replacement reward rather than relying on control