In the previous chapters, you’ve already been working on Behavior Crafting even though I didn’t use that term. You have already learned how to:

• Identify a lot of behavior options (chapter 2) 

• Match yourself with behaviors that will lead to your aspiration (chapter 2) 

• Make the behavior easier to do (chapter 3)

Steps in Behavior Design:

Step 1: Clarify the Aspiration

Step 2: Explore Behavior Options

Step 3: Match with Specific Behaviors

Step 4: Start Tiny

Step 5: Find a Good Prompt

Step 6: Celebrate Successes

Step 7: Troubleshoot, Iterate, & Expand

It’s time to set the record straight and acknowledge that bad habits are not fundamentally different from good habits when it comes to basic components. Behavior is behavior; it’s always a result of motivation, ability, and a prompt coming together at the same moment.

In most organizations, it's behaviors we want to change, and so the questions that matter are these:

• What's the problematic behavior?

• What are the shared basic assumptions driving that behavior?

• What can we do to change those assumptions?

In most organizations, it's behaviors we want to change, and so the questions that matter are these:

• What's the problematic behavior?

• What are the shared basic assumptions driving that behavior?

• What can we do to change those assumptions?