\u275dA good start is half the battle.\u275e
\n\u2013 Plato \ud83c\udfdb<\/p>\n
In order to make habits \u2018stick,\u2019 we need to make them AUTOMATIC and EASY. Therefore, reducing the \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f involved in a task much less energy to sustain it as a habit.<\/p>\n
Have you ever procrastinated doing something for days or weeks only to eventually get around to doing it \ud83d\ude22, and realizing it wasn\u2019t so bad after all? In fact, once you got started, perhaps it was pretty straight-forward, and not nearly as taxing as you\u2019d anticipated. \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n
THAT\u2019S BECAUSE THE ACT OF STARTING \ud83c\udfac REQUIRED THE MOST EFFORT.<\/p>\n
In chemistry, \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f refers to the minimum effort required to create a chemical reaction\ud83e\uddea
\n“Psychologists have adopted this term to explain WHY STARTING IS OFTEN HALF THE BATTLE when it comes to human decision-making and behavior.<\/p>\n
\u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f is used to explain why some habits are easier to adopt than others, leading to applications in a broad range of fields including health and welfare, business psychology, and BEHAVIORAL CHANGE interventions \ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udd2c<\/p>\n
\u27a1\ufe0e This concept has been particularly useful for understanding the MOTIVATIONS that DRIVE BEHAVIOR. If we understand that \u2018STARTING\u2019 is often the biggest barrier to action, WE CAN ACTIVELY TARGET THE STARTING PHASE OF AN ACTIVITY OR HABIT, with the understanding that it will likely make it easier to sustain.<\/p>\n
At an individual level, we can do simple things to promote healthy habits, this are my experience reducing the \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f
\nHere you are examples from my daily life \ud83d\ude1c:
\n\u00b7 Keeping my fitness outfit \ud83d\udc5fin the same spot by the bed, so I don\u2019t have to spend time looking for them before going for a run in the morning \ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffb. Having my kindle reader at hand \ud83d\udcd6, near the bedside table so I end everyday reading.
\n\u00b7 Easy access to my guitar \ud83c\udfb8to practice after each work session. It is always out of the case and next to my job desk \ud83d\udda5.
\n\u00b7 Work on a draft post \ud83d\udcdd like this in a secondary application and copy-paste it on LinkedIn \ud83e\udd13on Tues\/Wed morning adding emojis, since it is very difficult to edit on this platform.<\/p>\n
Anytime we do something that makes it EASIER for us to start a healthy habit, we REDUCE the \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0fit requires, and therefore INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WILL SUSTAIN THAT HABIT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u275dA good start is half the battle.\u275e \u2013 Plato \ud83c\udfdb In order to make habits \u2018stick,\u2019 we need to make them AUTOMATIC and EASY. Therefore, reducing the \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f involved in a task much less energy to sustain it as a habit. Have you ever procrastinated doing something for days or weeks only to eventually get around to doing it \ud83d\ude22, and realizing it wasn\u2019t so bad after all? In fact, once you got started, perhaps it was pretty straight-forward, and not nearly as taxing as you\u2019d anticipated. \ud83e\udd14 THAT\u2019S BECAUSE THE ACT OF STARTING \ud83c\udfac REQUIRED THE MOST EFFORT. In chemistry, \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f refers to the minimum effort required to create a chemical reaction\ud83e\uddea “Psychologists have adopted this term to explain WHY STARTING IS OFTEN HALF THE BATTLE when it comes to human decision-making and behavior. \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f is used to explain why some habits are easier to adopt than others, leading to applications in a broad range of fields including health and welfare, business psychology, and BEHAVIORAL CHANGE interventions \ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udd2c \u27a1\ufe0e This concept has been particularly useful for understanding the MOTIVATIONS that DRIVE BEHAVIOR. If we understand that \u2018STARTING\u2019 is often the biggest barrier to action, WE CAN ACTIVELY TARGET THE STARTING PHASE OF AN ACTIVITY OR HABIT, with the understanding that it will likely make it easier to sustain. At an individual level, we can do simple things to promote healthy habits, this are my experience reducing the \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0f Here you are examples from my daily life \ud83d\ude1c: \u00b7 Keeping my fitness outfit \ud83d\udc5fin the same spot by the bed, so I don\u2019t have to spend time looking for them before going for a run in the morning \ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffb. Having my kindle reader at hand \ud83d\udcd6, near the bedside table so I end everyday reading. \u00b7 Easy access to my guitar \ud83c\udfb8to practice after each work session. It is always out of the case and next to my job desk \ud83d\udda5. \u00b7 Work on a draft post \ud83d\udcdd like this in a secondary application and copy-paste it on LinkedIn \ud83e\udd13on Tues\/Wed morning adding emojis, since it is very difficult to edit on this platform. Anytime we do something that makes it EASIER for us to start a healthy habit, we REDUCE the \u26a1\ufe0fACTIVATION ENERGY\u26a1\ufe0fit requires, and therefore INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WILL SUSTAIN THAT HABIT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate-business","category-leadership","category-personal-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}