June 17, 2020
Today, Dr. Rittmann’s lab group watched this 25-minute video together.
James Clear’s four stages of habit formation, NOTICING – WANTING – DOING – LIKING, were simple to follow, make complete sense, are backed by research and truly apply to every field, including scientific writing.
“Most people think they don’t have motivation but they actually lack clarity.”
Clear talks about how to give your goals “a place to live in the world.” He demonstrates how to design your surroundings to enable your goals. He exemplifies optimizing for the beginning of an act – investing your energy into getting started – which will inevitably lead to your desired outcome if you design your environment right. He shows us how to bring the reward into the current moment, which means we’ll most likely continue to do a thing because we enjoy it.
