The amount of time you have been performing a…

The amount of time you have been performing a habit is not as important as the number of times you have performed it

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Learning starts in the conscious, effortful part of the brain — the way a child concentrates fiercely to tie a shoe — and only with repetition does it hardwire down into the automatic regions where it runs without thought. What matters is not how long you have been at a habit but how many times you have performed it. A good first move is simply to map the loop — write down the trigger, the behavior it sets off, and the result you get — because you cannot change a pattern you cannot see; and since so much daily behavior runs on autopilot, a humble reminder or motivation card left in your path can be enough to start steering it. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)

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