If you are building and design habits and routines, here are some books that have helped me.
Habits are not easy to build if they are not rewarding to your brain.
I thought you could design anything to be a habit, but it turns out that is just not the case.
I think what made me realize this was reading the addiction material, and understanding how the brain work. - A good intro to that is the craving mind by Dr Brewer.
His other book on unwinding anxiety is actually a great resource on how habits are formed (both highly recommended and rarely do I see them on the habit book lists)
So, if you can’t build habits for everything, what can you do?
Well in some cases you can change the environment and help people make the right choices.
You can also build routines (which are not habits), that can help people achieve their goals.
Read the books, learn about habits and then think about how you can design to improve the experience of your employees, your customers and even yourself.
Create a framework and use it not only to buid habits and routines, but also have a way to manage them, so you can keep them going.
Also make sure you are ethical in your design, don’t “hook” people to something if it isn’t going to improve their lives.
More organizations would benefit from well designed habits and routines if they embraced them and made them a priority.
The books:
1. The Craving Mind Judson Brewer MD PhD 2.
How to Change by
Katy Milkman 3. Atomic Habits James Clear 4. Good Habits Bad Habits Wendy Wood 5.
The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg 6.Tiny Habits BJ Fogg, PhD 7. Unwinding Anxiety Judson Brewer MD PhD
Bonus book - 8. Mindset by Carol Dweck - because having a growth mindset is also needed if you want to build new habits
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