Coaching practices for Grow a Habit Naturally

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• My tiny habit is finally rock solid, so my instinct is to crank up the targets on a schedule
• The tiny version is working and a few days in it feels so easy that I get impatient and crank it way up
• I keep meaning to start a good new habit
• My bad habits run on autopilot but the good one I’m trying to build never feels automatic
• I want a new habit to just happen on its own without me having to remember and decide every single time, but right now it depends entirely on me mustering the intention, so it falls apart the moment I’m busy or tired.

Practices that may help

1. Let the habit grow on its own
   Once the tiny habit is automatic, let it expand naturally instead of forcing more.
   Tiny Habits, Made Practical
2. Scale up only after the habit is automatic
   Grow the habit gradually, and only once the micro version runs without effort.
   Micro Habits: Start Absurdly Small
3. Engineer cues for habits you want
   Place obvious, consistent triggers in your environment to start a desired routine.
   The Power of Habit, Made Practical
4. Build a craving deliberately to cement a new habit
   Create an anticipatory craving for the reward of a new behavior before the reward arrives.
   The Habit Loop, Made Practical
5. Build a new cue–behavior association for habits you want to start
   Pair the target behavior consistently with a reliable, specific cue until the association fires automatically.
   Stimulus Control, Made Practical
6. Habit stacking
   Anchor a new habit to one you already do: “After [current habit], I will [new habit].”
   Atomic Habits, Made Practical
7. Shrink the behavior until it’s tiny
   Scale the habit down to something you can do even on your worst, busiest day.
   Tiny Habits, Made Practical
8. Shrink the habit until it is guaranteed
   Cut the behavior down until skipping it would be more effort than doing it.
   Micro Habits: Start Absurdly Small
9. Build the capture habit before anything else
   Install one habit at a time — start with ubiquitous capture — before adding other ZTD practices.
   Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical
10. Attach the micro habit to a reliable cue
    A tiny habit still needs a trigger — anchor it to something you already do every day.
    Micro Habits: Start Absurdly Small

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