week 3: Lesson 5

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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