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What is pointing and calling ? Where did it derive?

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-pointing and calling raises your level of awareness from a non conscious level by verbalizing your actions.

-system designed for the Japanese railway conductors use this habit.

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First Law of behavior change

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Make it obvious

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Two most common cues

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Time and location

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implementation intention formula

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I will BEHAVIOR at
(TIME] in [LOCATION].

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Habit stacking formula

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After I [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT]. After x then y

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What is habit stacking?

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Pair a new habit with an old one

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Example of habit stacking

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Wake up. Make bed. Shower
Create larger stacks by chaining small habits together.

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What makes a habit easy to ignore?

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When the cues are subtle or hidden

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Second law of behavior change

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Make it attractive

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Dopamine is not only released when you ________ pleasure but when you _________ as well.

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Experience , anticipate

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Habits are a __________ _________ loop.

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Dopamine driven feedback

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It is the ______ not the ______ that gets us to take action.

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Anticipation, fulfillment

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Your brains reward system is activated when you both ____ and ______ the reward.

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Receive , anticipate

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what is the role of desire?

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Drives behavior
Every action is taken because the role that proceeds it
It’s the craving that leads to the response

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Temptation bundling

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Linking an action you want to do with an action you need to do

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Ex of temptation bundling

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watching a anime while exercising

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Premacks principle

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More probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors

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Habit stacking + temptation bundling formula :

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After I (CURRENT HABIT) , I will (HABIT I NEED). After (HABIT I NEED) , I will (HABIT I WANT)

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Ex of habit stacking + temptation bundling

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If you want to watch anime but need to make more sales calls

After I get back from My lunch break i will call three prospects. After I call three prospects I will watch anime.

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What was laszlo polgars mantra

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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.

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We tend to imitate three social groups

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The Close- family friends
The many - the tribe
The powerful - those with status

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Join a culture where your ________ _______ is the normal. Because it often overpowers the _______ ___________ of the individual.

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Desired behavior,

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Inversion of second law

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Make it unattractive

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Craving

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A specific manifestation of a deeper underlying motive

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Preceded
Happen before "a gun battle had preceded the explosions"
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Every _____ is preceded by a _________.
Action, prediction
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The same_____ can spark a good or bad habit depending on your ________.
Cue. Prediction
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You see a ______ Categorize it based on ________ ________ And determine the ___________ ___________.
Cue Past experience Appropriate response
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The _____ of your ______ is actually the ______ that precedes it.
Cause Habits Prediction
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A _____ is the sense that something is missing . It is the _______ to change your internal state.
Craving Desire
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The _______ between your current state and your _______ ________ provides a reason to act.
Gap Desired state
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______ is the the difference between where you are now and where you want to be in the future.
Desire
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Habits are created based on…
Repetition and frequency
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Paper clip strategy
Decide on a specific habit and each time you perform that habit you move one paper clip from one container to the other.
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Don’t say you have to say you ______ to.
Get
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Habits form based on ________ not _______.
Frequency not time
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It’s not how long does it take to build a new habit , but rather how…
How many repetitions does it take to
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To build a _____ you need to practice it.
Habit
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Why does frequency and the rate at which you perform the behavior matter ?
Your current habits have been internalized over the course of hundreds if not thousands of repetitions. New habits require the same level of frequency. Ex.) you can do something twice in 30 days or 200 times.
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3 rd law of behavior change
Make it easy
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Most effective form of learning is _____ not ________.
Practice not planning
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Habit formation
Is the process by which a behavior becomes progressively more automatic through repetitions.
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Why do we slip into motion rather then taking action
To delay failure
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Hebbs law
Neurons that fire together wire together in
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Long term potentiation
Strengthening of connections between neurons in the brain based on recent patterns of activity With Each repetition, cell to cell signaling improves and the neural connections tighten.
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Repeating a habit leads to clear _____ ______ in the brain.
Clear physical
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Every action requires a certain amount of _____. The more ______required, the less _____ it is to occur
Energy , energy
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The less ______ a habit requires. The more likely it is to occur.
Energy
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Habits like Phones scrolling, watching tv, checking email can steal some much time and attention because they be performed with almost _____ _____
Without effort
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Habits are _____ to getting what you really want. Give example.
Obstacles Dieting is an obstacle to getting fit Meditation is an obstacle to thinking clearly
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______ friction with good habits Increase _____ with good habits.
Reduce Increase
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Difference between effective vs efficient
Effective is getting right things done Efficient is getting more things done
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Competence is highly dependent on _______.
Context
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What are the four laws of habit formation in order?
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The cardinal rule of behavior change
What is rewarded is repeated What is punished is avoided