**small habits** A small habit is a small habit that you do in the smallest possible part until it becomes your personality.. For example, to get into the habit of exercising, you can start with a simple sit-up or if you want to get into the habit of reading, start by reading one page of a book a day.. day... pick it up and don't quit!.. taking a small step every day will get you moving in the right direction and towards creating lasting habits.. Small steps require very little willpower. but Their results are amazing.... The method of creating small habits to modify behavior emphasizes having positive behaviors.... This model cannot effectively stop bad habits such as alcohol consumption, but it can help you to abandon bad habits such as procrastination and focus with energy.. Be small goals and big results instead of a person with big goals and small results!.. **Why are small habits effective?** A small habit is a routine that you create in the smallest size in your body... that is, you divide the habits into the smallest parts, each part of which is considered a microhabit... If your goal is to do 100 swedish swims a day, your microhabit is to do 1 swedish swim a day and your work starts from this one swim! Because this step is too small to fail and requires very little willpower, you can do it easily and have more success day by day... It doesn't take long to reach your goal, which itself creates a positive feedback loop and that small success motivates you to keep going... Almost before you know it, that little habit will become part of your routine... A study at Duke University showed that habits make up 45% of human behavior. They give.... Humans form big and small habits over time and if repeated... By repeating a behavior, a neural pathway is created in the mind and transmits messages from one part of the brain to another part of the body... When a behavior becomes your habit, neural strategies become it... It is possible.... The unconscious part of your brain is the way it automatically performs repetitive behaviors so that your brain is less involved.... The prefrontal cortex is the conscious brain that performs decision-making tasks and evaluates the long-term benefits and consequences of a decision.... This part of the brain consumes more energy than the unconscious part.... Contrary to popular belief, it does not take 21-30 days to institutionalize a new habit! Research has shown that it takes about 18 to 254 days for a habit to take root in the brain.. That means you have to spend an average of 66 days to get used to it and be patient.. When you show less resistance to doing something, you will notice that this action has become a habit in your mind... For example, instead of forcing yourself to swim once a day, you will find yourself exercising in many cases.. Beyond those habits!.. ** Taken from the book Habits **Author: Stephen Guise** **Translator: Nahle Rahmanian** **Publisher: Ta'ala Publications**