5 Things You Need To Know About Habits

5 tips with links to the research that backs them up:

• You spend 40% of every day on autopilot, just performing habits.

• The secret to breaking bad habits is to not try to eliminate them but to replace them.

• You can resist bad habits by avoiding the triggers that make you want to do them. Context is key.

• The key to new good habits is to do the minimum and be consistent.

• To make good habits stick, create “if-then” plans and get support from friends. It takes an average of 66 days to establish a new good habit.

For more on the scientific way to build good habits, click here.