Commit for a Month. Thirty days is all you need to make a habit change permanent. Less time than that and the new alternative might not be hardwired into your brain. More time and any failures to last are usually a failure of strategy, not duration.
1. 一個月,你只要30天,30天就能讓壞習慣徹底滾蛋。時間太短可能無法讓這種變化固定在大腦中,而很長時間仍然無法形成好習慣就是策略的問題,與時間關系不大。
Replace What You Lose. Your habits fulfill needs. When you suddenly cause a change, you may inadvertently cut them out. Before you make a change, write down all the benefits you currently get from your bad habit and make sure they are retained going into the new habit.
2. 所得所失,形成習慣必然有形成這種習慣的原因,不管這種習慣是好是壞,而其實壞習慣也并非一無是處。但當人準備大刀闊斧改掉壞習慣時,卻往往忘了為什么養成了這種習慣。所有在想改變習慣時,首先記下我從當前這種習慣中得到了什么好處,而在制定新習慣時務必要保留這些既得利益。