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Build better habits

Design habits that survive busy weeks and low-energy days.

For people whose good intentions fade by the second week.

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    Mindset2 minUp next

    One better decision

    Lives change through a run of slightly better decisions, not one dramatic leap.

    Act: Identify one decision you will face today: what to eat, when to start, whether to reply, how to spend your first hour. Decide in advance what the better version looks like, and choose it.

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    Habits2 min

    Prepare the first hour

    Design Monday's first hour tonight, while you still have willpower.

    Act: Write the first three things you will do tomorrow. Set out anything you will need. Choose the time you will begin.

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    Habits2 min

    Celebrate small wins

    Progress that goes unnoticed does not reinforce itself.

    Act: Write down three things that went well this week, however small. For each one, note what you did to make it happen.

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    Discipline2 min

    Motion before motivation

    Action, even small and clumsy, produces the feeling you were waiting for.

    Act: Pick one task you are resisting. Set a timer for five minutes, promise yourself you can stop afterwards, and begin. Notice what happens to the resistance around minute three.

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    Personal Development2 min

    Review, then release

    Take one lesson from the week and set the rest down.

    Act: Write one thing that went well, one that did not, and one lesson. Then write "Released" beneath anything you cannot change.