This idea is from James Clear from the book Atomic Habits (great book).
To delete a bad habit, remove the prompt. No prompt/trigger/cue, no behavior.
So for example changing your environment to not tempt you into the behavior. Don’t bring anything you should not eat or drink into the house. Delete your ____________ account. Unsubscribe. Don’t spend time with people who are doing something you don’t want to do anymore. Don’t go to the old places that trigger ______ behavior. Get rid of anything that reminds you of _________ .
Make the trigger invisible.
Set up your environment so it’s difficult to do the wrong thing and easy to do the right thing.
What habit do you need to break?
Thanks for sharing Larry! That is a very good book and James Clear also has a periodic e-mail with great tips and information that you can subscribe to. That and Think Daily is where I get most of my good advice regularly!
Great post! Just ordered the book. Googled and found a visual poster about the habits and book summary while I wait for the book.
Agreed on these principles for good and bad habits. I’ve made reading your Think Daily emails as a habit for I’m guessing close to 5 years now. These day-by-day posts are having and generating Atomic results in my business and personal life, thank you!
Here is a quote from Benjamin Franklin that is spot on:
“To change a habit, begin immediately and allow no single exception to occur.”