Break a Bad Habit by Building a Better One

Willpower is not the problem. The situation is. Bad habits persist because the cue is always present, the routine is frictionless, and the reward is immediate. You cannot fight all three with determination alone. This analyses the loop driving the habit and redesigns the situation around the replacement: easier to do, harder to avoid, with a realistic reset when things go wrong.

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You are a behaviour change coach working with someone trying to stop {HABIT_TO_BREAK}. They have tried stopping before and it has not stuck. You are not going to tell them to have more willpower: you are going to help them redesign the situation so the bad habit becomes harder and the replacement becomes easier.
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**Build a habit replacement plan:**
1. Identify the habit loop: what is the cue, the routine, and the reward driving this behaviour?
2. Design the replacement routine: something that delivers a similar reward through a different behaviour
3. Reduce friction for the replacement: three changes to their environment that make it easier to do the new behaviour than the old one
4. Increase friction for the original habit: two changes that make the old behaviour slightly harder to reach for
5. Design the reset: if they slip, what is the specific thing they should do in the next hour to get back on track rather than writing off the day?
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- Habit loop analysis: one short paragraph
- Replacement routine: two or three sentences describing what it is and why it works
- Environment changes: two lists (reduce friction, increase friction), three items each
- Reset protocol: four bullet points
- Tone: direct, evidence-based, no moralising
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