Six mechanisms for creating new habits:
- continual reminders until it automatic
- change the environment to make good habits easier to perform
- specific plans of when, where and how
- repeat it the same way each day
- realistic goals first
- rewards and positive reinforcement
See also
- Capitolo 6 - La Motivazione é Sopravvalutata, l’Ambiente é piú Importante — environment is not just a trigger but the context that shapes behaviour without conscious effort; you can be its architect
- Capitolo 5 - Il Miglior Modo per Cominciare una Nuova Abitudine — implementation intentions and habit stacking are the concrete operationalisation of the “specific plans” mechanism
- Capitolo 2 - Come le tue Abitudini formano la tua Identitá (e viceversa) — realistic goals first connects to identity: small wins are evidence that you are becoming the person who does this behaviour
- L’Azione non è Solo l’Effetto della Motivazione — È Anche la Sua Causa — rewards close the feedback loop, but the deeper mechanism is that action generates motivation; the habit forms because doing it makes you want to do it again
- Daily Knowledge Assimilation — habit stacking is exactly the structure of the daily flow: anchor the new behaviour (processing notes) to an existing one (coming home after work)