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Title: Achieve Your Goals: Research Reveals a Simple Trick That Doubles Your Chances for Success
Authors: James Clear
Category:articles
Number of Highlights: 5
Source URL: https://jamesclear.com/implementation-intentions
Date: 2022-12-27
Last Highlighted: 2022-12-27
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Simply by writing down a plan that said exactly when and where they intended to exercise, the participants in Group 3 were much more likely to actually follow through.
Tags:habits
The researchers discovered that what pulls that desire out of you and turns it into realâworld action isnât your level of motivation, but rather your plan for implementation.
Researchers have even found that voter turnout increases when people are forced to create implementation intentions by answering questions like: âWhat route are you taking to the polling station? At what time are you planning to go? What bus will get you there?â Other successful government programs have prompted citizens to make a clear plan to send taxes in on time or provided directions on when and where to pay late traffic bills.
Tags:habits,motivation
Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity. It is not always obvious when and where to take action. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
The âifâthenâ strategy gives you a clear plan for overcoming the unexpected stuff, which means itâs less likely that youâll be swept away by the urgencies of life. You canât control when little emergencies happen to you, but you donât have to be a victim of them either.
Note: An if-then strategy means you donât fall off the wagon and have no repercussions (besides being upset later). It puts you right back on.