There are three types of prompts in our lives: Person Prompts, Context Prompts, and Action Prompts.

Meanwhile Habits: When you look carefully at your existing routines, you’ll find tiny pockets of open time that are ideal places to cultivate a new habit. When I turn on the shower, the water is cold at first. I don’t like cold showers, so my typical routine is to wait until the water warms up, which takes about twenty seconds. This waiting period creates an opportunity: After I turn on the shower (and while I wait), I will…

Three moments for celebration: The moment you remember to do your new habit; while you are doing your new habit; immediately after doing your new habit.

You can practice this skill by answering one question: What is the tiniest habit I could create that would have the most meaning?

The answer is so important, I’ll say it three times in different ways: Pick the easiest one. Pick the one you are most sure you can do. Pick the one that feels like no big deal.