30 Days To Better Habits Flashcards
What are identity-based habits?
Habits that focus on who you wish to become, not what you want to achieve.
What art do you need to master?
Master the art of showing up.
What is the 2 minute rule?
When you start a new habit it should take less than two minutes to do.
What is a gateway habit?
A small habit that naturally leads to a bigger behaviour
What is a decisive moment?
Little choices
At key moments
That deliver outsized impact.
What is an implementation intention?
A plan you make beforehand
About when, where and how to act.
I will BEHAVIOUR at TIME in LOCATION.
What is environment design?
Redesigning your environment
To make the cues of your good habits more obvious.
What does James clear mean by ‘reducing friction’?
Optimising yr environment to make actions easier to perform.
Eg keep fake wine in inside fridge, real wine outside.
Don’t store stuff on top of filing box.
What does JC mean by ‘priming the environment’?
Creating an environment that favours the habit you are trying to build.
Eg putting running clothes out the night before
Clearing desk the night before and sitting file car on desk
Plateau of latent potential
A period in which you are putting in work, but not seeing the expected results. You are accumulating potential, but it hasn’t been realised yet.
What is temptation bundling?
Linking a habit you want to do, with an action You need to do.
Eg I will only eat chocolate when I am doing filing/admin. ? Quality reading.
What is a commitment device?
A choice you make in the present that locks in yr actions in the future.
