Successful Behavior Comes from Little Tricks More Than Lofty Ideals

There is a one-hundred percent chance I will work out this morning. It’s raining. I’m cold. I’m hungry. I have a lot of work to do. I have emails to catch up on. So many distractions. How do I know I’m going to exercise? Because I put on the lycra shorts I wear when I row on the rowing machine and every time I wear them I row. They aren’t that comfortable for anything else, so there’s no point in putting them on except to row. And switching to wearing something else feels like defeat, so once I put them on, it’s easier to row than not. (more…)

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