From the course: Creating Great Workplace Habits
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Strategy for success: Make it convenient
From the course: Creating Great Workplace Habits
Strategy for success: Make it convenient
One thing that continually astonishes me about habits is the degree to which we're influenced by sheer convenience. For instance, I've talked to many people who stick to their habit of good exercise by sleeping in their gym clothes. It's just that much easier to head out the door in the morning because they don't have to change. So think about the strategy of convenience. How can we remove obstacles, reduce friction, put things right where we need them? The The strategy of convenience leverages the natural human tendency to do what's easy, but in service of our goals and desired habits. If you're trying to form a new habit, one of the most effective things you can do is consider how to make that behavior more convenient in your daily life. For instance, get the tools you need. If there's an unpleasant task that you want to do at work that takes a lot of assembling and pulling pieces together, you want to get everything set up so the minute you're ready to start work, you can just…
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