![]() ![]() But as we’ll learn below, without a trigger, or the ability to do the behavior, motivation won’t take you to where you want to go. It’s great, in the beginning, especially when researching a new behavior. The problem, as we’ve all experienced, is motivation is unreliable. Third, we set big, loft goals and rely on motivation to achieve them. An aspiration, by contrast, is impossible to achieve at any given moment. For instance, you can put your phone on airplane mode before you got to bed to get a better night’s sleep. A behavior, according to Fogg, is something you can do right now or at another specific point in time. Second, we mistake aspirations for behaviors. Having fallen off the wagon, we feel bad about ourselves, return to our previous eating habits, and, inevitably, repeat the cycle again and again. ![]() But, then, we go to lunch with our colleagues and order a big meal. We commit to ridding ourselves of a few unwanted pounds. Why, then, do we struggle to make lasting change? The problem, according to Fogg, is threefold.įirst, we judge ourselves far too harshly when we fail. We want to eat more vegetables, be more patient with our children, go to bed earlier. We all have behaviors we want to change for the better. Making change tiny is the best way to create lasting change. ![]()
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