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I don’t know if you have this confusion:
- Want to develop a good habit, make a plan, at first full of confidence, but always three days of fishing and two days of drying nets;
- At the beginning, the plan was carried out smoothly, but it was interrupted because of something or mood problems, and then it was never picked up.
- Every time you do something, you need to spend a lot of willpower to fight it, and you are not happy at all.
- .
Micro-habits is a great book to read if you’re struggling to form a good habit.
Repeating these small, fail-safe actions every day is the key to a microhabit strategy.
The structure of the article is as follows:
Why did all the habits I tried to develop fail?
Have you ever wondered why all the habits you’ve tried to build have failed?
Do we always rely on “motivation” to accomplish our goals? Such as watching inspirational videos, reading articles, giving yourself a pep talk, etc.
Motivation, it turns out, is unreliable because it is based on human feelings, which are easily changeable and unpredictable. If you’re in a bad mood today and you’re too tired tomorrow, it can affect your motivation to reach your goals. Think about past habits that relied on motivation to stick to them. How many were successful?
We are too quick to blame ourselves for our lack of progress, but we are too slow to recognize that there may be a problem with our strategy.
What are microhabits?
If you want to develop a new habit, a microhabit is basically a drastically reduced version of it. Such as:
- Plan to do 100 push-ups a day, so aim to do 1 push-up a day.
- “Write 3,000 words a day” was reduced to 50 words a day
- Reduce “always thinking positive” to two good things a day
- .
Some people might say, 1 push up, you’re kidding, that’s too easy! ?
Indeed, 1 push-up is so simple that almost anyone can do it easily, and because it’s so simple, it takes almost no willpower to accomplish this goal. This is the key to microhabits, as long as the goal is small enough, you won’t fail.
Of course, some people will ask, “Well, I’ll take your word for it. My goal is to do one push-up every day, and I can stick to it. It’s easy to do one push-up, but what’s the point?”
So do microhabits work?
Why do microhabits work
The question is: if an action seems too small in number, how can it give you real results?
The book offers two ways:
1. Overfulfilled microhabits.
Seeing yourself taking action to achieve your goals is very motivating and more motivating, and once you are motivated, willpower is no longer required. Although we start out doing one push-up with willpower, when we’re done, our motivation drives us to do more, making us overachieve our goal.
In my own experience, I set a goal of 2 push-ups a day, but I almost never stopped after 2 push-ups because it was so easy that I felt sorry for myself to do more than a few push-ups.
Micro habits make real habits
If you accomplish only micro goals each day, but stick to micro habits, they will eventually become real habits. This is the second function of microhabits. Only by forming the habit first can we develop it into a stronger and higher goal. Once the habit is in place, you’ll be in the perfect position to develop further, and that perfect position will make it easier for you to overshoot.
The author’s personal experience with me
Anthony Robbins once said, “It’s not the things you do occasionally that shape your life, it’s the things you do consistently.”
According to a Duke University study, about 45 percent of our actions are the result of habit.
The author writes from his own experience that I am now able to accomplish far more tasks each day than I set out to. It was because I had to write a measly 50 words that I was able to write 2,000. Before that, there were times when I couldn’t write a word. I write at least three times as much as I used to, and the reason is simple: I’m not afraid to start writing any more, and I enjoy meeting my minimum word count. If I take a few minutes to write 50 words, I can say today has been a success — what an inspiration.
Every little act that becomes a habit is important, and very important. Habits are the most powerful of all the behavioral foundations that humans possess. Making a habit of doing one push-up every day is better than doing 30 push-ups every long time.
For example, I’m currently using microhabits to get into the habit of reading and exercising. I wanted to study and exercise for many times before, but basically I gave up halfway, and no one could stick to it for a month.
After using microhabits, I set myself a goal of reading 2 pages of a book and doing 2 push-ups a day. So I persisted for more than a month. I could read it every day before lunch or lunch break, and I could also go to bed at night. Because the two-page book was too simple, it was almost impossible to fail, and I overfulfilled it every time.
This is how I got through MicroHabits, and now that I think about it, IT’s been a long time since I finished a book.
In addition, the book also explains in detail:
- How the brain works, why is it so hard to form a habit?
- 21 days to form a good habit? It’s a fallacy.
- Which is better, willpower or motivation?
- It only takes 8 steps to create a good habit
- Eight potholes to watch out for in microhabits
So it’s highly recommended that you read through this book. It’s not long, it’s over a hundred pages, but it will give you a deeper understanding of how habits work.
I’m done, bosses remember to give it a thumbs up ~ I’m Daotin, front end team leader, hope it helps you.
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