Supritha S

Regardless of how it is measured, the human brain needs some way to visualize our progress if we are to maintain motivation. We need to be able to see our wins.

We are mostly blind to the remarkable interconnectedness of things. This is important to understand because in a complex world it is hard to see which forces are working for you as well as which forces are working against you. Similar to buying a toaster, we tend to focus on the final product and fail to recognize the many processes leading up to... See more

For example, if you smoke when you get stressed, then it's a bad plan to “just stop smoking” when that happens. Instead, you should come up with a different way to deal with stress and insert that new behavior instead of having a cigarette.

Clarity emerges from quiet, and clarity is the super fuel of peaceful productivity. Ten minutes in meditation a day, or regular five-minute pauses at the end of every hour, is a great way to get started.

Because bad habits provide some type of benefit in your life, it's very difficult to simply eliminate them. (This is why simplistic advice like “just stop doing it” rarely works.)Instead, you need to replace a bad habit with a new habit that provides a similar benefit.

And your phone battery lasts longer, because not many moments make you want to turn away from them and look at a tiny screen instead.