The chapter discusses the concept of habits and how they are similar to reflexes, and explores the difficulty of changing or breaking habits compared to forming new ones. It introduces the tiny habits method as a potential solution and shares an example of using push-ups as a new habit.
Habits are notoriously hard to change—exercising more often, practising calmness, getting healthy—it all takes time and effort. So perhaps you’ll be pleased to know that there’s a way to get habits into your routine. We talk with Bernard Balleine, Director of the Decision Neuroscience Lab at UNSW; and with B J Fogg, founder of the Behaviour Design Lab at Stanford University about his new book Tiny Habits.