Great article, Zat. I don’t think we can ever place a specific number of days it takes to form a habit. 14, 21, 30, 60, whatever. I think that something becomes a habit whenever that thing becomes harder NOT to do.

Building habits is also highly dependent upon many levels of influence such as: personal motivation, ability, social pressure, accountability, external rewards, and the environment itself.

And we are coming to learn a lot about decisions and is that they are often influencing us unconsciously. We think we’re in control of our choices, failing to realize the power of our social and environmental forces have on us. See: Brian Wansink, Dan Ariely.

I often tell people, “will is a skill.” We don’t necessarily lack willpower or motivation. We, more often that not, aren’t the problem. We simply lack the skills and proper systems that are conducive to our goals.

Growth mindset, all day!

James Clears, Atomic Habits is one of the best books on habit building I’ve read. A quote I enjoyed:

“Every choice we make is a vote in favour of the person we wish to become.”