• Systems > Goals > Habits

  • Changing outcomes(results like losing weight,  writing book)

  • Changing processes( what you do,  workout routine,  daily reading habit)

  • Changing identity(what you believe, world views and how you think of others)

  • Goal isn’t to learn a instrument,  but to become a musician. 

  • Goal isn’t to run a marathon,  but to become a runner

  • Look for cues that initiates good or bad habit loops

  • Making it obvious

  • Make a habit score card. Write down what you do all day, put + or - then how much time it took. 

  • Stack habits - After brushing your teeth,  you will do Push up

  • Making it attractive

  • Craving is what makes up take it. 

  • Thinking of eating junk food increases dopamine than after eating it. Same with drug users
  • Habit tracker - Have a checkoff list in calender,  in diary. Visual tracker is better.

  • Habit contract - you miss a day you pay for it.   This makes you accountable.


Improve 1% everyday. Stacking Habits

Goals can restrict your happiness sometimes as you play to get X, what happens then once you get it.

  • Trust the process, make a system
  • Reps make a set. Focus on the reps
  • Focus on making a process and incorporate it into your system

4-Steps to Habit

  • Cue: Take inventory of your everyday activity and have checkbox to show, what you want to remove. Log Everything. After[this], i will do [this].
  • Craving: Its like saying “not today”. Make the habit you want to quit, unattractive and your new habit attracive.
  • Response: Make your new habit look small, so its easy to do it. Break it into smaller chunks. To run a marathon, first start a jog. Have confidence in the snowball you are creating.
  • Reward: Make your habits completion visual. Like marking in a calender.

80% Exploit 20% Explore

Boredom is the enemy of habits