Habits Flashcards
How to create habits
Create triggers to make hard shit easy
Who uses habits
All humans. It’s just an autopilot program
Beyond individuals, what is the place of habits
Society is a series of gathered habits
Ppl with damaged basal ganglia
Can’t read facial expressions bc they don’t know where to focus their attention
Life cycle of a habit
Habits never really go away. They can be over ridden and overwritten, but they are still encoded in your brain
Like github or emulators
You will revert and relearn them easier than learning a new habit.
However a new habit can be reinforced and become stronger or the divot of your algorithm dug deeper so you fall more easily into it. Dear abi: use previously written algorithm points to build new algorithm for new habit to maximize efficiency, both timing wise and brain power wise. It will reduce competition.
Where are habits in the brain
Basal ganglia
Habits influence bx
Without awareness. Like an echo of intention
What is?
Stronger than common sense
Habits
How do you get rid of habits
Remove queues
What is habit loop
How pepsident trained us to brush our teeth. Equated natural film membrane to disease and more importantly ugliness. Could have been taken care of with no toothpaste. But then it became a fad and then a given. Feel your teeth are they….[gross] brush teeth. And the mintyness acted as another social pressure. Ppl know if you brush or not
Find a simple and honest cue. Clearly define rules.
Formula for starting a habit loop
Why did febreeze not work
The people it would have helped were already used to the smells and were unbothered. The problem wasn’t really a problem
Julio got mad or depressed
He received the I got a reward signal when seeing the trigger that told him to do the action that triggered his reward. When it didn’t come he got a craving that ended in depression or anger
Julio got mad or depressed
He received the I got a reward signal when seeing the trigger that told him to do the action that triggered his reward. When it didn’t come he got a craving that ended in depression or anger
The key to a craving
Anticipating the reward
Cinabon
The cue is the smell. They strategically let it waft so that when you do pass the stand you are primed and already wanting the reward
Lack of anticipated reward
Results in dissappointment. Reaction: anger and depression
Habit loop and what drives it
- cue
- routine
- Reward
Driver or motivator: this craving.
My idea is what if you make the rward the que and then the true reward is just the completion of the task
Like before the gym I eat a chocolate. Then work out. Then true reward is high of the work out. Or feeling of I did it right.
What if the habit was getting ready for the gym then reward then gym then reward.
Building more complex systems by chaining loops
You need to be aware of what the actual craving is
In order to deal with it
How do you create a craving.
Noticeable physical sensation. That is analogous or symbolic or inherent to the action. It’s satisfaction that closes the habit loop and creates closure
To reinforce the habit or to activate it
Cultivate craving. Savor the anticipation of the reward. Imagine it. How it felt
Bella donna
The common name belladonna originates from its historic use by women, as bella donna is Italian for “beautiful woman”. Drops prepared from the belladonna plant were used to dilate women’s pupils, an effect considered to be attractive and seductive.[11][12][9]
Creator of aa
Bill wilson
Be a mime habit
Cue schedule: 8 get dressed 8: 15 leave
Routine
Reward: pride
