10 June 20262 min read


(Lally et al. 2010)

Missing one opportunity to perform the behavior did not materially affect the habit formation process.


Skipping one day won’t hurt your habit building/formation process, as long as you don’t skip the next one.

Missing two days in a row is the start of a bad habit; Never do it.


  • 允許自己在養成習慣的過程中偶爾停下來休息,但不能超過 2 天。
  • 這是一種自我緩衝的方法,可以讓身體保持在養成習慣的節奏,但也不至於長期處在神經緊繃的狀態中。

那些錯過好習慣的日子所造成的傷害,比成功執行好習慣的日子帶來的助益更大(Lost days hurt you more than successful days help you)

例如:從一百元開始存,百分之五十的獲利可以讓你擁有一百五十元,但只要再遇到百分之三十三的虧損,就會讓財產跌回到一百元。換句話說,避免百分之三十的損失,其價值等同於百分之五十的獲利。

The Compounding Effect


The Goal-Gradient Effect

(Hull 1932)

Don’t break the chain of continuity; Just keep showing up.

❝ CITATIONS

Hull, C. L. 1932. “The Goal-Gradient Hypothesis and Maze Learning.” Psychological Review 39 (1): 25–43. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0072640.
Lally, Phillippa, Cornelia H. M. Van Jaarsveld, Henry W. W. Potts, and Jane Wardle. 2010. “How Are Habits Formed: Modelling Habit Formation in the Real World.” European Journal of Social Psychology 40 (6): 998–1009. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.674.
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