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18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick

lifehack.org — Wouldn’t it be nice to have everything run on autopilot? Chores, exercise, eating healthy and getting your work done just happening automatically. Unless they manage to invent robot servants, all your work isn’t going to disappear overnight. But if you program behaviors as new habits you can take out the struggle.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 15, 2007

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  • ienjoythebeach, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2819. Start tomorrow
  • orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I wonder if repetition is one of them, I've seen similar articles about 18 times now on Digg.
  • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6yes, digg helps people be effective. I know I wouldn't get any work done without it.
  • DangerMouse9, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7That's what toddler's call it. But, since you're hung and as endowed as a toddler, I guess that's fitting.
  • orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7You're going to be a female superhero?! cool!
  • fuzzynyanko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Thank goodness that the people aren't calling it "hacking"
  • nbcaffeine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4i quit smoking by calling myself a pussy whenever I wanted one... 10 months smoke free.

    Now, I should do the same for exercise... ya bum!
  • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Start TODAY. No "Last Pack" *****. What better place then here, what better time than now?
  • houndeyex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Slackers unite! ... tomorrow!
  • houndeyex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3or did it?
  • jason469, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5With exercise, I usually tell myself to do it because I don't want to. I give myself about 30 seconds of this, followed by a little motivation like on Rockey, I just picture the old trainer saying "YOUR A BUM!!!".

    It works like a charm, because I'm no bum....except on the weekends. :)
  • mebcuaosu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4"What better place then here, what better time than now?"
    Dugg for vague Rage Against the Machine quote.
  • listrophy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I don't get it. I already have Mr. Belvidere, my pet Roomba. Why can't I get other robot servants to do tasks other than vacuuming?

    And where's my flying car?!?
  • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+420. combine habit with heroin.
  • thebadkitty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If it really got bad, you could just tattoo it onto your arm... Good luck forgetting that.
  • CaveDog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I think he meant heroin, but I want to know the results either way! pics plz.
  • benramadan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Anyone else stop reading at "With a small amount of initial discipline..."?
  • stellarceltic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dugg for robot servants. Jetsons FTW
  • gboom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2worked for that guy from memento
  • cmgarcia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oooh, rookie mistake kid. You came back to comment on your initial, lame, buried comment. Bob and weave.
  • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Try slapping yourself in the face until it sticks.

    Then eat a ham sandwich.
  • Thepirateking, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That wouldn't work for me. Telling myself I'd be doing nothing if I didn't spend my time running would make me want to do nothing.
  • adamrgolf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+321. ????
    22. Profit
  • Bizdorph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The only "trick" that ever worked for me and got me running 10km a day was to tell myself "shut up and do it" if I started to feel lazy. Part of it was also telling myself what I would spend my time doing if I didn't go for a run: absolutely nothing. Sometimes things like that motivate you.
  • nyx210, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The FAA would never allow flying cars. If idiots can't drive on the road, then they certainly can't control a flying beast. Imagine someone falling from the sky and landing in your living room...
  • 808kick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Indeed, Training every day will lead to over training. I guess shoulder surgery and months of rehab will help you form a new habit...
  • delta214, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I cant stop clicking my fingers
  • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1And if the habit you're trying to form is eating ham sandwiches, you're well on your way to success!
  • nyx210, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Effin' double post...
  • Lennalf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Number 10: Use "But"... as in, I should go to the gym today, BUT I'd rather jerk off. Goes well with 16, 17, and 18: Know the benefits, know the pain, and do it for yourself.
  • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Yeah I mean, if people can't handle the Digg comment system without double posting then what chance do they have of handling a flying car.
  • nickbarber, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The author could have saved us the time and just put the first 5 steps.
  • houndeyex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1hax
  • FantoMelt, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Turning yourself into a robot is becoming popular, I guess. Buried as lame.
  • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Aren't airplanes almost like flying cars? O_o

    I think we first need to establish criteria for what constitutes a flying car.
  • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2"If you want to start exercising, go to the gym every day for your first thirty days."

    If you can go to the gym every day (as a new trainer) then you aren't training properly. It should be difficult for a regular trainer to hit the gym every day. 3/4 times a week, hard and be done within 45 minutes. Don't faff around and waste endless time doing ***** all and chatting.

    Immediately this article fails.
  • ubuwalker31, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1This applies to adults, as well as children:
    http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/behsys/behmod.html
  • KuboTrevon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
  • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Wasn't a virtually identical article posted a few weeks ago?

    Same steps, but the title was about breaking bad habits.
  • unvrs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Exercising everyday works great for me but same exercise everyday is boring. The day I feel I am not feeling like exercising, I look into the other alternative form of exercise for e.g swimming or skipping rope for 30 mins. It feels great after 30 mins!
  • DoMifer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I must say, if I'm at home, nothing is a pretty sweet deal.

    Why, then, am I so bored at work?
  • datastorageguy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Yet another useless "how to" guide for things that common sense can resolve.
  • nyx210, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1The FAA would never allow flying cars. If idiots can't drive on the road, then they certainly can't control a flying beast. Imagine someone falling from the sky and landing in your living room...
  • WarPirate, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1http://duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/18_Tricks_to_Make_New_Habits_Stick/
  • 10goto10, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Ofcourse I did, I'm spelling ***** the web 2.0 way, ohkkaye?
  • 10goto10, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2I'll test this with heroine, and ifn't I'm hooked at trick #18 I'm calling ***** on this story.
  • mandangalo, on 10/10/2007, -26/+320. Suck my peepee.

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