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Fogg explained a system where every time he goes to urinate, he does two push-ups before washing his hands. Urinating is the trigger, and since doing two push-ups is so easy, you don't need a lot of motivation to do it. In this system, setting the goal at two push-ups instead of something more ambitious like eight or ten is very important. If you set your goal at ten, then at one point your brain will likely think, "I'm kind of busy or tired. I'm just going to skip this one time," which will then lead to another occurrence of skipping soon after. This weakens self-confidence and ensures that a positive habit does not form.

Sary Actionable Gamification, page 425 · August 25, 2023 Save to shelf
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