Hopefully you’ll already know this, having read the last few days of blogs, but the fourth and final part of the habit loop is the ‘reward’. It’s the benefit we get from doing the thing. Because ultimately it doesn’t matter if we think to do it or not, how much we desired doing it, or how easy or hard it was………. If we didn’t get anything from doing it, we are unlikely to repeat it all that much. So, how can we make the thing we want to make habitual as satisfying as possible? And the thing we want to stop or do less of unsatisfying? Can we choose that version that we find much more enjoyable, even if it might lead to slower progress than some other version that we don’t like doing? I talked in the craving section about giving ourselves an additional reward for this action, such as watching your favourite TV programme or something else we enjoy. Can we do it in a way so that it benefits others around us and we get that feedback? Conversely, how can we make the thing we want to stop or do less of a bit more disappointing. Again, we can have that habit contract with someone who we know that we’ll either have to disappoint or maybe even give money to. We can remind ourselves of all those downsides that we listed before, that we’ve just put into play. One more time – no right or wrong. But making the thing that we want to make habitual more satisfying………. And I think we want to stop or reduce unsatisfying……….. Again, makes those changes more likely. Much love, Jon ‘Boba Fett’ Hall P.S. I literally guarantee that you’ll find nothing more rewarding exercise wise than what we do. It’s www.myrise.co.uk/apply to try that out risk free.
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