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Habit Design
Chris Sparks Productivity Coach
SparksVC.com @SparksRemarks
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Building habits makes it easier to build future habits
Learnable meta-skill
All high performers have strong habits
Commonality
Up to 40% of what we do daily is habitual
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Why Habits?
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Walk away with an action plan for your own habit
Practice
Learn the meta-habit of behavior design
Teach
See the world through the lens of habits and systemsAlter your perception2
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Goals for this talk
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Keystone Habits
02What will make the rest of the day easier?
Habit helping you build other habits
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Types of Keystone Habits• Exercise
• Yoga (10 min)• Meditation
• Headspace (20 min)• Journaling
• Moleskine (one page)• Gratitude
• 5 Minute Journal (AM + PM)• Day Planning
• Productivity Planner (Priorities) + Printed Daily Schedule (tracking time)• Regular Reviews
• Weekly Review, Monthly Goal Measurement, Quarterly Goal/Value Rewrite
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THE BREAK
Exercise #1 (30 sec.)
[Select a Habit]
1) Why is it important?2) How will it make the rest of your day easier?
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THE BREAK
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• Specific • No weasel-room
• Consistent context • Already happens every day!
• Algorithmic • “After [trigger], I do [habit]”
Triggers
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• Automated
• Unavoidable
• Combine physical & digital
Reminders
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THE BREAK
Exercise #2 (1 min)
[Selecting Triggers]
1) What is your anchor?2) How will you remind yourself?
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• Activation Energy
• Default opt-in
• Focusing on initial micro-habit
Routine - Automaticity
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• UX for real-life
• Choices cause other choices
• Upstream effects
Routine - Easier
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• Eliminate extra steps
• Eliminate decisions
• Eliminate excuses
Routine - Simplified
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• Identify areas of improvement
• Build muscle memory
Routine - Offline Training
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THE BREAK
Exercise #3 (1 min)
[Streamline Routine]
How can you make your habit…1) More automatic?2) Easier?3) More simple?
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Rewards
02Trigger a “craving” to do the habit
Reinforce habit through repetition
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• Future self = stranger • Short term > Long term
• Internalize immediacy • Physical difference • Feeling of accomplishment
• Structure your day • Earn your rewards!
Rewards
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Power of Accountability
• You have an idea or goal: 10%• You consciously decide you will do it: 25%• You decide when you will do it: 40%• You plan how you will do it 50%• You commit to someone you will do it: 65%• You have a specific accountability appointment with a person: 95%
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THE BREAK
fate of universe in your hands
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THE BREAK
Exercise #4 (1 min)
[Choose Your Rewards]
1) How will your reward yourself?2) How will you hold yourself accountable?
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• Treat self as experiment • Science needs objective data
• Setbacks = Lessons • Limit # of times you pay tuition
• Create positive feedback loops • Feed data to your algorithm • Faster learning = faster improvement
Tracking - Models
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• Successes (Seinfeld) • Build momentum • Digital vs. Analog
• Setbacks (Introspection) • Diagnose and prevent repeats • Journal / Review
Tracking - Methods
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A few handy tips:
• Have a backup plan• What if context changes?• No two days missed in a row• Getting back on track if you fall off
• Small wins• Make victory so easy you can’t say no• Focus on building first step• Scale difficulty up as you go
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THE BREAK
Exercise #5 (1 min)
[Tracking]
1) How will you track completions?2) When will you have time for learning and reflection?3) What is your small win?
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Process orientation. Setbacks are lessons.
We are Verbs.
Diagnosing where to focus.
Points of Leverage in a Habit
Habit building is a life-long experiment.Habit Design = Life Design2
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In Conclusion
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I love talking about this stuff!
Find me anytime and ask me questions
I will give you immediate feedback and will follow-up in 30 days.
Email me your habit action plan
Let me know if you want to review an early version.Writing an ultimate guide to productivity2
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Next Steps
Chris [email protected]@SparksRemarks