Jul '24 • Books and Philosphy
Lessons from "Atomic Habits" by James Clear - Creating Good Habits
James states in "Atomic Habits" the Four Laws of Behavior Change:
- Cue - Make it Obvious
- Craving - Make it Attractive
- Response - Make it Easy
- Reward - Make it Satisfying
James tells us to think of each of the four laws as a lever. If all the levers are in the right position developing a good habit is easy. But if the levers are in the wrong position they make creating a new habit almost impossible.
Here is an example:
The Cue:
On your walk to work you smell coffee from a coffee shop.
The Craving:
You begin to crave the flavor of a coffee.
The Response:
You buy a coffee and drink it.
The Reward:
You satisfied the craving to drink a coffee.
The cue that triggered you into wanting a coffee was obvious, the smell of the coffee shop. The smell is very attractive, and convincing yourself not to get some is difficult. Satisfying your cravings for coffee is easy, just tap or insert a little plastic card and coffee is yours.
The habit of buying coffee is easy to develop because its obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying.
If you wanted to develop a habit you must ask yourself how you can make it obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying. Then that habit will be much easier to stick to.
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