Habits form in 4 steps:

“Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it.”

There are four parts to a habit: Cue, Craving, Response, and Reward. Let’s take a closer look at them:

- Cue - the cue triggers the brain to a certain behavior.
- Craving - this is the mo...

Your cue leads to your craving, which leads to a response, that leads to your reward.

These rewards can take any form, and as your habit gets more ingrained you develop a craving for the reward too, further developing the habit.

Each habit can be deconstructed in these 4 steps:

1. The cue (smell of coffee) triggers a craving (I want coffee)
2. which motivates a response (Buy coffee)
3. which provides a reward ...