What’s the last of the Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change? Assuming that behavior change is difficult.
What’s the tech lab’s last great suggestion? Behavior change is not so hard when you have the right process.
What’s my last hurrah? It’s also not so hard when you have the right state of mind.
Near the end of the Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change list is #9: seeking to change a behavior forever, not for a short time. As you might expect, Fogg & gang suggest that a fixed period works better than “forever.”
Number 9 takes us back to now, the only time frame we have. As soon as we think we can change behavior tomorrow, we’re out of the world of action and into the world of fiction. We can only change behavior right now.