We tend to repeat behaviors that are immediately satisfying and avoid behaviors that are not.

The easier it is to perform a behavior, the more likely we are to engage in it.

The expectation of a satisfying outcome motivates us to act.

Every habit is activated by noticing its cue.

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Develop actionable behavioral steps to reach your goal and sustain progress.

Create a habits scorecard to identify hidden patterns in your daily life.

Accept your painful thoughts and feelings, be in the present moment and take values-based action.

Because of our cognitive biases we tend to make systematic errors in our thinking.

We tend to be more driven to avoid losses than to achieve gains.

Optimism bias can cause us to make decisions based on unrealistically optimistic expectations.

It is difficult for our minds to reconstruct our previous beliefs.

We tend to make estimates that stay close to the first proposed value.

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Engage fully in life by being present in the moment.

Let your thoughts come and go while keeping your attention on what you’re doing.

The planning fallacy is our tendency to underestimate the time, costs, and risks of future tasks, while overestimating their benefits.

The affect heuristic is our tendency to make judgements and decisions based on our current emotions.

The availability heuristic is our tendency to assume that things that come to mind easily are more common than they really are.

It often takes more than facts to change people’s minds