Fleet MaullThe Entrepreneur’s Zen Master

John Assaraf - Neuroscience Researcher & Entrepreneur joins us for the Ultimate Life Mastery Summit

10 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Speaker (John Assaraf) explains a practical method for building new habits by reducing actions to a very small, simple challenge: choose one small action and do it for seven days. The act of performing the new behavior "fires neurons," allowing reinforcement of the behavior (thought, emotion, or physical action) which strengthens the pattern over time — making the behavior progressively easier after one week and much easier after four weeks. The speaker emphasizes that the initial habit itself (its simplicity and consistency) is more important than duration or complexity.

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Here's how we do it. We reduce it to the ridiculously small. Do the one thing that gets you off stuck, and start off with a little challenge. One thing for seven days, for one small outcome. It doesn't matter how small it is. Because what happens is as soon as we fire those neurons of a new behavior, we now can reinforce that new behavior. Now, once we reinforce that new behavior, it's a thought, an emotion, or a physical behavior, we can now strengthen that pattern. And here's what happens. What's hard today is easier a week from now. What's easier a week from now is much easier four weeks from now. And here is the key. The initial habit is more important than. Than how long you do it for, how complex it is.