Motivation drains mental energy, but habits run on autopilot. The speaker puts his sneakers on the toilet seat each morning so they're in hand when he uses the bathroom, triggering a workout without willpower.
We have a sign here for some new colleagues who are joining us at the office. And got me thinking about motivation versus habits. Why is motivation so hard? Well, the reason is there's a big caloric burn. I have to do this. I'm committed to do it. We have to process it. Where habits are routinized, its routine. So if you want to achieve an outcome, is there a way to leverage habits? Because if you can, it's easier for me with exercise. I put my sneakers on my toilet seat because my habit is to go to the bathroom in the morning and now my sneakers are in my hand.
