The Power of the Habit Ladder

The Habit Ladder is a system that is automated by you. It is called a habit ladder because, from the time you wake up to finishing your first work task of the day, you're climbing up one rung at a time. Each new step is reached because of the last. It is a mini-system that once you create, becomes automatic to your body, with minimal interference from the brain.

The Habit Loop is a breakdown of a habit put it into three sections –

• Cue: A certain trigger that awakens the habit

• Routine: The action you perform without thinking.

• Reward: The change you experience making you want to do more of the same.

Keep a trigger cue ready and stack up the routine in such a way that your tasks become a habitual routine without any friction, each trigger cue and routine stacked over the next one. Example: Put on running shoes instead of slippers in the morning and that's your cue to go out for a walk, then when you are back and feeling sweaty, that's your cue to take a bath.

When one good habit triggers another, the speed of success doubles.

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