How many days does the content say it takes to install a new habit?

The Key to Sustained Habit Installation? #leadership #business #productivity

27 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Short video excerpt arguing that consistent practice (about 66 days, per University College London) is required to 'install' a new habit until it becomes automatic; emphasizes that people are built to change and the challenge is staying with training long enough for automaticity across skills (selling, listening, running, morning routines, learning).

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66 days (according to University College London).

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According to the University College of London, it takes 66 days to install a new habit, 66 days to reach a point of practicing a new habit until you reach the point of call they call automaticity, where it then becomes easier to do the new habit or the new skill than not to do it. You see, you are built to change. Don't say I can't change. You're built to change. The key is, do you stay long enough with the training and practice to wire in? Whether it's selling, listening, running, starting your day well, learning every day. Do you stay with the new skill long enough to the point where it becomes automatic?