Neural triggers in your brain last about 20 seconds. Put your running shoes by the bed, and you'll start moving before the urge fades. Do this for nine weeks and the habit sticks.
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Research tells us that every trigger from our brain lasts for 20 seconds. So here is the 20-second rule to create a new habit. Do you want to go out for a run every morning but you are not able to do so? Well, here is a hack for you. You develop a trigger that would take you less than 20 seconds to take that action. So maybe you would want to keep your running shoes handy next to your bed so that when you get up in the morning, you look at your shoes, get triggered for a run, and it takes you less than 20 seconds to take action. And do this for 9 weeks and develop this new good habit. Take care.