behavior-change - Concepts

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Action Triggers - Specific cues or situations that prompt desired behaviors automatically.
Activation Energy - The initial mental and physical effort required to start a task, borrowed from chemistry as a productivity metaphor.
Commitment and Consistency - The psychological drive to align our actions and beliefs with our prior commitments and self-image.
Decisional Balance - A psychological technique for systematically weighing the pros and cons of making a change.
Environment Design - Shaping your physical and digital surroundings to make desired behaviors easier and unwanted behaviors harder.
Fresh Start Effect - The increased motivation to pursue goals following temporal landmarks that mark new beginnings.
Habit Loop - The neurological loop of cue, routine, and reward that underlies all habit formation.
Identity-Based Habits - Changing behavior by focusing on who you want to become, not what you want to achieve.
If-Then Planning - Creating specific plans linking situations to actions: 'If X happens, I will do Y.'
Implementation Intentions - A planning strategy using if-then statements to specify when, where, and how you will perform a behavior.
Intention-Action Gap - The difference between what people intend to do and what they actually do.
Keystone Habits - Habits that trigger a cascade of positive changes across multiple areas of life when established.
Mental Contrasting - A goal-pursuit strategy that alternates between envisioning desired outcomes and confronting obstacles that stand in the way.
Pivotal Behaviors - The few high-leverage behaviors that drive disproportionate results in any change effort.
Temporal Landmarks - Significant dates that create psychological fresh starts and motivation for new behaviors.
Temptation Bundling - Pairing an activity you want to do with an activity you should do to make productive behaviors more enjoyable.
Urge Surfing - Riding out cravings or urges mindfully without acting on them, watching them rise and fall like waves.

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