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April 14, 2024 • 24 mins
Step 4 of changing habits is that it needs to be enjoyable for it to last. Simple bits of reinforcement
like soap that smells great or toothpaste that has a refreshing minty flavour can offer the immediate pleasure we need to enjoy a habit. Change is so much easier when it gives us joy.
It is more likely we will repeat the behaviour when our expereince is satifying. Our human brain has evolved to prioritise immediate rewards over de...
like soap that smells great or toothpaste that has a refreshing minty flavour can offer the immediate pleasure we need to enjoy a habit. Change is so much easier when it gives us joy.
It is more likely we will repeat the behaviour when our expereince is satifying. Our human brain has evolved to prioritise immediate rewards over de...
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April 7, 2024 • 22 mins
Making Good Habits Inevitable and Bad Habits Impossible
Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits harder. This is an inversion of the 2nd STEP of Behaviour Change "Make it Attractive". If you find yourself struggling to follow through on your plans make you bad habits more difficult by creating what pschologists call a commitment device.
Commitment devices are useful because they enable...
Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits harder. This is an inversion of the 2nd STEP of Behaviour Change "Make it Attractive". If you find yourself struggling to follow through on your plans make you bad habits more difficult by creating what pschologists call a commitment device.
Commitment devices are useful because they enable...
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March 24, 2024 • 19 mins
Even when you know you should start small, it’s easy to start too big. When you dream about making a change, excitement inevitably takes over and you end up trying to do too much too soon.
The most effective way that's known to counteract this tendency is to use the Two-Minute Rule, which states, “When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.” You’ll find that nearly any habit can be scaled down into a two-...
The most effective way that's known to counteract this tendency is to use the Two-Minute Rule, which states, “When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.” You’ll find that nearly any habit can be scaled down into a two-...
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March 17, 2024 • 19 mins
Conventional wisdom holds that motivation is the key to habit change. Maybe if you really wanted it, you’d actually do it. But the truth is, our real motivation is to be lazy and to do what is convenient.
Despite what the latest productivity best seller will tell you, this is a smart strategy, not a dumb one. Energy is precious, and the brain is wired to conserve it whenever possible. It is human nature to follow the Law of Least Ef...
Despite what the latest productivity best seller will tell you, this is a smart strategy, not a dumb one. Energy is precious, and the brain is wired to conserve it whenever possible. It is human nature to follow the Law of Least Ef...
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March 10, 2024 • 15 mins
Making our Lives Easier
It is easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best programme to build muscle, the perfect idea for a side job. We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
As Voltaire once wrote, “The best is the enemy of the good." This is the difference between being in motion and taking action. The two ideas s...
It is easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best programme to build muscle, the perfect idea for a side job. We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
As Voltaire once wrote, “The best is the enemy of the good." This is the difference between being in motion and taking action. The two ideas s...
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March 3, 2024 • 24 mins
This week we examine the cause of our bad habits and how to avoid them. The 'higklightd' are as follows....
The cause of our habits is the prediction that precedes them. (the 'activator') This prediction leads to a feeling. Habits are attractive when we associate them with positive feelings and unattractive when we associate them with negative ones.
When we create a motivation ritual by doing something we enjoy immediately before a d...
The cause of our habits is the prediction that precedes them. (the 'activator') This prediction leads to a feeling. Habits are attractive when we associate them with positive feelings and unattractive when we associate them with negative ones.
When we create a motivation ritual by doing something we enjoy immediately before a d...
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February 25, 2024 • 13 mins
Whenever we are unsure how to act, we look to the group (the many) to guide our behaviour. We are constantly scanning our environment and wondering, “What is everyone else doing?” We check reviews on Amazon or Yelp or TripAdvisor because we want to imitate the “best” buying, eating, and travel habits....
Likewise, humans everywhere pursue power, prestige, and status. Historically, a person with greater power and status has access to...
Likewise, humans everywhere pursue power, prestige, and status. Historically, a person with greater power and status has access to...
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February 18, 2024 • 16 mins
This week we look at culure and the role of family and friends in shaping our habits. Humans are herd animals. We want to fit in, to bond with others, and to earn the respect and approval of our peers. Such inclinations are essential to our survival. For most of our evolutionary history, our ancestors lived in tribes. Becoming separated from the tribe, or worse, being cast out—was a death sentence. “The lone wolf dies, but the pack...
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February 11, 2024 • 20 mins
In our 2nd STEP of ZeChange let's learn how to make a habit attractive and irresistible.
It may not be possible to transform every habit into a supernormal stimulus, we can however make any habit more enticing. To do this, we must start by understanding what a craving is and how it works. Today we begin by examining a biological signature that all habits share—the dopamine spike.
Research has shwn that when it comes to habits dopamin...
It may not be possible to transform every habit into a supernormal stimulus, we can however make any habit more enticing. To do this, we must start by understanding what a craving is and how it works. Today we begin by examining a biological signature that all habits share—the dopamine spike.
Research has shwn that when it comes to habits dopamin...
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February 4, 2024 • 15 mins
As we move forward in our journey of culture and behavioural change in creating good habits lets look deeper into the secret's of self-control and review our 1st Step Principles as follows:
- The inversion of the 1st STEP of Behaviour Change is make it invisible.
- Once a habit is formed, it is unlikely to be forgotten.
- People with high self-control tend to spend less time in tempting situations. It’s easier to avoid temptation than r...
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January 28, 2024 • 15 mins
We continue our journey of looking at Step 1 in Making it obvious where we discover the motivation can be overrated at times and our environment matters more ar certain times as follows:
- Small changes in context can lead to large changes in behaviour over time.
- Every habit is initiated by a cue. We are more likely to notice cues that stand out.
- Make the cues of good habits obvious in your environment.
- Gradually, your habits become...
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January 21, 2024 • 18 mins
The 1st STEP of Habit Behaviour Change is make it obvious.
The two most common cues are time and location:
The two most common cues are time and location:
- Creating an implementation intention is a strategy you can use to pair a new habit with a specific time and location.
- The implementation intention formula is: I will [BEHAVIOUR] at [TIME] in [LOCATION].
- Habit stacking is a strategy that you can use to pair a new habit with a current habit.
- The habit stacking formula is: After ...
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January 14, 2024 • 21 mins
The human brain is a prediction machine. It is continuously taking in your surroundings and analyzing the information it comes across.
Whenever you experience something repeatedly your brain begins noticing what is important, sorting through the details and highlighting the relevant cues, and cataloguing that information for future use.
With enough practice, you can pick up on the cues that predict certain outcomes without conscious...
Whenever you experience something repeatedly your brain begins noticing what is important, sorting through the details and highlighting the relevant cues, and cataloguing that information for future use.
With enough practice, you can pick up on the cues that predict certain outcomes without conscious...
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January 8, 2024 • 24 mins
A habit is a behaviour that has been repeated enough times to become automatic. The process of habit formation begins with trial and error. Whenever you encounter a new situation in life, your brain has to make a decision.
Occasionally, you stumble across a solution. You’re feeling anxious, and you discover that going for a run calms you down. You’re mentally exhausted from a long day of work, and you learn that playing video games ...
Occasionally, you stumble across a solution. You’re feeling anxious, and you discover that going for a run calms you down. You’re mentally exhausted from a long day of work, and you learn that playing video games ...
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December 31, 2023 • 28 mins
Few things have a more impact on our life than our daily habits. However, it is likely that this time next year you'll be doing the same thing rather than something better...
It can feel difficult to to keep good habits for more than a few days, even with the most sincerest of efforts and with good motivation. Habits, like exercise, meditation, journalling and yoga are reasonable for a day ot two and then they become a hassle.
Once y...
It can feel difficult to to keep good habits for more than a few days, even with the most sincerest of efforts and with good motivation. Habits, like exercise, meditation, journalling and yoga are reasonable for a day ot two and then they become a hassle.
Once y...
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December 24, 2023 • 13 mins
Small Habit changes can make a 'monumental' difference. Research has shown that it is easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value on making small incremental improvements on a daily basis.
We can convince ourselves that a massive success requires massive action. Be it losing wiegt, building a business, writing a book, winning a chamionship... Improving by 1% isn't particularily notable, at...
We can convince ourselves that a massive success requires massive action. Be it losing wiegt, building a business, writing a book, winning a chamionship... Improving by 1% isn't particularily notable, at...
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December 17, 2023 • 16 mins
Our rational mind just loves it when things get nicely wrapped in a convenient package. Our brains get a good hit of dopamine – that feel-good chemical – anytime we’re able to categorise, predict or label an experience into a rational, coherent narrative.
However, incoherent events occur in our lives all the time, and that’s hard for our logical mind to accept. If something unwanted happens to us, such as losing a job, a loved one d...
However, incoherent events occur in our lives all the time, and that’s hard for our logical mind to accept. If something unwanted happens to us, such as losing a job, a loved one d...
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December 10, 2023 • 21 mins
We are all constantly talking to ourselves. It’s like we have a number of little voices within us that all have an opinion on what we should and shouldn't be doing.
We run into trouble when these small voices start to take on an active role in our lives. In small yet consistent ways, if we just take these internalised characters at face value, without checking in with our values, our life can become more about damage control than me...
We run into trouble when these small voices start to take on an active role in our lives. In small yet consistent ways, if we just take these internalised characters at face value, without checking in with our values, our life can become more about damage control than me...
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December 3, 2023 • 12 mins
What do we mean when we talk about our values? Values go beyond the logical and taional processing areas of our brain.Like teh aire we breathe, our values are always present and around us, whwtwer we are aware of them or not.
Values are the small blocks that, when tuned into, build up over time to create the life you truly want and desire....
Resources:
Example Values Dictionary
https://jimbennett.global/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Core...
Values are the small blocks that, when tuned into, build up over time to create the life you truly want and desire....
Resources:
Example Values Dictionary
https://jimbennett.global/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Core...
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November 26, 2023 • 15 mins
As a society, we have become obsessed with wanting to feel good, all of the time. We are bombarded with adverts for products and services that give us the promise of happiness and taking away our feeling of sadness and anxiety.
It's no wonder we are caught in a "hampster wheel" of trying to feel happier to feel good enough.
"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don'...
It's no wonder we are caught in a "hampster wheel" of trying to feel happier to feel good enough.
"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don'...
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