Today we’re going to revisit Behavior Design Lab at Stanford.
We’ve already talked about his equation: )
Professor Fogg also has some ABCs to help us master the process of Optimizing our behavior: .
Here’s how he describes the anatomy of Tiny Habits:
Want to install a habit?
(Yah? Which one? Seriously. Pick one now and let’s work on it together…)
Know your ABCs: .
What’s the existing routine that can serve as your Prompt? (Note: James Clear and Charles Duhigg call our “Prompt” a “cue” in Atomic Habits and The Power of Habit, respectively.)
That “existing routine” is what BJ calls an . He tells us that “anchoring” our new behavior to something we ALREADY do is a really powerful way to Optimize the Behavior-changing process.
Now that you’ve got your Anchor, it’s time for the new behavior.
NOTE: We want that .
One of the examples BJ uses is that after (key anchor word: “after”) he went pee while working from home, he’d do two push-ups. That’s it. TWO. Not twenty. TWO.
Now that we’ve got our Anchor and our (tiny!!) Behavior, it’s time to
We’ll talk about this more soon. For now, give yourself a little fist pump with a “YES!!! That’s like me!” (Or whatever it is you do when you celebrate something awesome.)
That’s Today’s +1.
If you feel so inspired, MAP out the behavior you’d like to install.
Then ABC it.
Let’s change our lives one Tiny little Habit at a time.
TODAY.
P.S. If you feel REALLY inspired, sing it with me: Now I know my ABCs. Next time won’t you sing with me?