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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick



Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick


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Author Wendy wood takes you through the wonderful journey of understanding habits.
You learn about lot of Experiments done to understand behavior for rewards, goals and habit fornation.
I like the author's way of making it easy to undestand - eg - an employee saying its already done, how math notations make it simple to understand equaiton and free up brainf or more processing.
What a great finding of 'those higher in self-control didnt experience many unwanted desires' that needed to be resisted.
Good landings are a result of good approaches
HBR thinks you can break bad habit with a simple checklist. Its like Jerry Seinfeld's dont break the chain habit.
Didnt know about the Tobacco coupons, Are the coupons allowed when taxes are increased to dissuade some sales for eg. soda?
Getting fluent at gym - Can the theory of planned behavior predict the maintenance of physical activity?
How a simple if then ritual can help you overcome obstacles and achieve your goals

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