BOOK REVIEW: ATOMIC HABITS (CHAPTER FOUR: The Role of Cues in Habit Formation(2))

in blurtstory •  2 months ago 

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Continued from last post

Still on " The Role of Cues in Habit Formation ", the author told us that our brain are always searching for cues within the environment which signals the potential for reward.

This process of our brain constantly scanning our environment for cues is actually an automatic process and actually occurs without our conscious awareness .

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Let us that you developed the habit of drinking coffee every morning , on sighting your coffee maker will act as a cue thereby triggering your craving for caffeine thereby leading you to the behavior of making and drinking coffee.

It is safe to say that This cue-behavior-reward loop is being ingrained over time, this now makes it easier for the habit to repeat.

to be continued in the next post

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