Commit for a Month. Thirty days is all you need to make a habit change permanent. Less time than that and the new alternative might not be hardwired into your brain. More time and any failures to last are usually a failure of strategy, not duration.
1. 一个月,你只要30天,30天就能让坏习惯彻底滚蛋。时间太短可能无法让这种变化固定在大脑中,而很长时间仍然无法形成好习惯就是策略的问题,与时间关系不大。
Replace What You Lose. Your habits fulfill needs. When you suddenly cause a change, you may inadvertently cut them out. Before you make a change, write down all the benefits you currently get from your bad habit and make sure they are retained going into the new habit.
2. 所得所失,形成习惯必然有形成这种习惯的原因,不管这种习惯是好是坏,而其实坏习惯也并非一无是处。但当人准备大刀阔斧改掉坏习惯时,却往往忘了为什么养成了这种习惯。所有在想改变习惯时,首先记下我从当前这种习惯中得到了什么好处,而在制定新习惯时务必要保留这些既得利益。