2.
How can I make it attractive?
3.
How can I make it easy?
4.
How can I make it satisfying?
If you have ever wondered, “Why don’t I do what I say I’m going to do?
Why don’t I lose the weight or stop smoking or save for retirement or start
that side business? Why do I say something is important but never seem to
make time for it?” The answers to those questions can be found somewhere
in these four laws. The key to creating good habits and breaking bad ones is
to understand these fundamental laws and how to alter them to your
specifications. Every goal is doomed to fail if it goes against the grain of
human nature.
Your habits are shaped by the systems in your life. In the chapters that
follow, we will discuss these laws one by one and show how you can use
them to create a system in which good habits
emerge naturally and bad
habits wither away.
Chapter Summary
A habit is a behavior that has been repeated enough times to
become automatic.
The ultimate purpose of habits is to
solve the problems of life
with as little energy and effort as possible.
Any habit can be broken down into a feedback loop that involves
four steps: cue, craving, response, and reward.
The Four Laws of Behavior Change are a simple set of rules we
can use to build better habits. They are (1) make it obvious, (2)
make it attractive, (3) make it easy, and (4) make it satisfying.
