Behaviour Change - Make the Reward Satisfying

Law 4 of Behavior Change in Atomic Habits.

The Cardinal Rule of Behavior Change: What is immediately rewarded is repeated. What is immediately punished is avoided. Timing is important - we prioritize immediate over delayed.

The other 3 laws(make it obvious, make it attractive, and make it easy) makes it more likely that we do the habit this time. The 4th law makes it more likely that we repeat the habit next time.

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Four Laws of Behavior Change

1. Cue: Make it Obvious Make the cue obvious. Change your environment to do this. Have a implementation intention: "I will BEHAVIOUR at TIME in LOCATION". Habit stacking. "After CURRENT H

Atomic Habits

Habits are small actions repeated many times - enough to become automatic. It is the compound interest of our behavior. They can be good or bad. The main purpose of habits is to solve problems we have with the least energy or effort. To

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Published on: Apr 16, 2022

Source: Atomic Habits, Book

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