Source: BJ Fogg
| When you want to build a new habit, the #1 question to ask yourself is this:What will make this new habit hard for me to do?Your answer will always fall into one of five categories. The new habit might require –Too much time Too much money Too much physical effort Too much mental effortOr the new habit may require you to change your routine.I’ve put these five factors together in a model I call the Ability Chain. |
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| The weakest link in the Ability Chain determines how difficult your new habit will be.If one link is weak (suppose you don’t have enough time), then the strength of the other four links doesn’t matter. Even with one weak link, the chain is not reliable.If you don’t strengthen the weak links, your new habit will be hard to do. And that means you’ll need to rely on motivation. The problem: Motivation is not reliable. It shifts day by day, even minute by minute. |
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