This document discusses how to form effective habits by establishing triggers. It explains that for a habit to form, it needs to be motivated, achievable, and triggered. Common triggers include time of day, location, preceding events, emotional states, and other people. The document provides examples of habit stacks and implementation intentions to create strong triggers. It emphasizes finding triggers that work for the individual through testing and committing to habits regardless of motivation.

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Habit Triggers

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For A Habit To Form, This is Required:
• Motivation – Do you want to do it?
• Ability – Can you do it?
• Trigger – Are you prompted to do it?
– Source: BJ Fog

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Fogg Behavior Model

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Or 3 A’s
• Achievable- Can I do?
• Appealing- Am I motivated?
• Activated- Am I triggered?
– (Source Atomic Habits)

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So Think About Your Habit
• That you would like to do
– Is it achievable?
• Can you even do it?
– Is it Appealing?
• Is it something like you can find yourself doing a lot?
– Is it Activated?
• When are you are going to do it?

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The Thing About Triggers
• What prompts us to start that habit that will
get us where we would like to get to?
– Is it after prayer?
– After we wakeup?
– Before we go to work?
– After dinner?

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Let’s Talk About Triggers
• What’s the trigger for you to pick up your
phone?
– Notification
– Ring
– Wake up?
• These are called hot triggers

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So Let’s Go Over Triggers…
• Time – Is it a certain time in the day? 12pm?
• Location- Triggered when you are at a place
• Preceding Event- You do something afterwards
• Emotional State- When you feel xyz?
• Other People- When you are around other
people?

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Habit Stack
• Take note when you do some habits, add
another habit
– After you get up
– After you get home from work
– After you drink your coffee

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Some of My Habit Stacks
• Wake Up – Morning Routine
• After I pray fajr – do the adhkar
• Eat Dinner – Take my vitamins
• I finish working – write my to do for tomorrow

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Implementation Intention For Triggers
• A study was done with 3 groups
– One group told to track their exercise (38% compliance)
– One group was given material about the benefits of exercise
(35% compliance)
– One group was told to write this promise: “During the next
week, I will partake in at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise
on [DAY] at [TIME] in [PLACE].” (91% compliance)
– Source: British Journal of Psychology
• Implementation intention is very powerful

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People Wait to Be Motivated
• That doesn’t work
• You will never be motivated
• And even if you are, it will only be for a short
time
• It’s when you commit its when you are most
motivated

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No Choice
• Take off decision making off the table
– When?
– Where?
– How?

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Just Show Up
• Remember, the subconscious likes repetition
– There will be days where you don’t want to do
your habit
– Just show up
– Once you show up, your mind will force you to be
better than yesterday

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Make the Habit Appealing
• Don’t make the habit too easy
• Don’t make the habit too hard
– Right in the middle
• At the perimeter of our abilities
– 20-25% better

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Test Out What Works
• You pushing yourself each day, How much more?
– It’s more important to repeat than anything else
– Don’t care about perfection
– Care about neuropathways
• Different things work for different people, get
ideas, but what works for you will depend on you

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Different Things Will Trigger You
• But at the end of the day, it’s making sure you
are committed that will get the best results.

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To Do
• What are some triggers you can have to make
better habits?
– Remember:
• Time
• Location
• Preceding Event
• Emotional State
• People

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Plateau of Latent Potential
• You see no progress
– But if you keep doing it
– You will have a breakthrough
– You will be here
• You have to have consistency

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Plateau of Latent Potential
• You will be here for awhile (source: atomic
habits)

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Plateau of Latent Potential
• In business
– Most entrepreneurs don’t want to stay here
– So when they are in deadman’s time
– Most entrepreneurs just quite