The Power of Habit

“Watch your thoughts, they become

your words; watch your words, they
become your actions; watch your
actions, they become your habits;
watch your habits, they become your
character; watch your character, it
becomes your destiny.”
― Lao Tzu
 The Power of Habit
● POINTS TO BE DISCUSSED:
○ The Habit Loop
○ Case Study: McDonalds
○ Case Study: US Army…...THE BIGGEST HABIT FORMATION
EXPERIMENT ON EARTH
○ The Science of Habit
■ How to Break a Habit
■ How to Create a Habit
○ How to build better To-Do Lists
The Habit Loop
 HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL
ORGANIZATION
HOW McDONALD'S EXPLOITS OUR HABITS: A CASE
STUDY
● CUE
○ Standardized store architecture, employees’ way of
speaking,drive-by facility.
○ Everything, a consistent CUE to trigger EATING ROUTINES!
○ Inexpensive Meals!
● REWARDS
○ FOOD specially engineered to disintegrate the moment they hit
the tongue.
○ Triggers pleasure centers in the brain to light up, brain locks
the pattern (REWARD), leads to increased intake of fast food.
 US ARMY...
THE BIGGEST HABIT FORMATION EXPERIMENT ON
EARTH
 US ARMY...
THE BIGGEST HABIT FORMATION EXPERIMENT ON
EARTH
 US ARMY...
THE BIGGEST HABIT FORMATION EXPERIMENT ON
EARTH
 US ARMY...
THE BIGGEST HABIT FORMATION EXPERIMENT ON
EARTH
 US ARMY...
THE BIGGEST HABIT FORMATION EXPERIMENT ON
EARTH
THE SCIENCE OF HABIT
HOW TO BREAK A HABIT
THE SCIENCE OF HABIT
HOW TO CREATE A HABIT
HOW TO BUILD BETTER TO-DO
LISTS
HOW TO BUILD BETTER TO-DO LISTS
EFFECTIVE TO-DO LISTS

TWO THINGS

● PUSH US TO DO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

● TELL US HOW TO EXACTLY GET THAT WORK
DONE.
 HOW TO BUILD BETTER TO-DO
LISTS
TWO DISTINCT
ELEMENTS
● STRETCH GOALS:
○ BIG AMBITIONS: The most important objective.
● SMART GOALS:
○ Takes the stretch goals, breaks it into tasks that are
■ SPECIFIC
■ MEASURABLE
■ ACHIEVABLE
■ REALISTIC
○ All these must have a timeline associated with them…..
“The best to-do lists are the ones that remind
us what to do next, rather than simply make us
feel good that we have finished the task”
Let us make a simple but effective to-do list based upon the
above tips…..
THANK
YOU