Chapter 14: How to Make Good Habits Inevitable and Bad Habits Impossible
by John Allen · 10 things on Twos
- Sometimes, success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits hard
- Create commitment devices (also known as the Ulysses contract) - a choice you make in the present that controls actions in the future
- Reduce overeating by providing food in individual packages
- Buy an outlet timer to turn off the internet router at 10pm
- Commitment devices are useful because they enable you to take advantage of good intentions before you can fall victim to temptation
- Reset passwords on social media every Monday
- Remove the mental candy from your environment and it will be much easier to eat the healthy stuff
- Make sure your good habits are not just an outcome you hope for but an outcome that is virtually guaranteed