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<\/a>Naturally, when there is a direct reward at the end of your pursuit, you’re more inclined to give a wholehearted effort. Indulge in\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 a trip to the spa
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 a new pair of jeans
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 a trip to your favorite restaurant
\neach time you reach a large milestone.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Ensure that your reward is irrelevant to your habit. If you’re trying to quit smoking, it’s detrimental to reward yourself with a cigarette at the end of each week for “being good.”<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Save the biggest rewards for last. What do you want the most? What’s something you’ve wished you could purchase or experience for a long time? Spend the time you would normally spend indulging in your habit to plan your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The reward should be in line with the complexity of your task. Rewarding yourself with a cruise to the Bahamas because you’ve stopped biting your nails is a bit of a stretch. However, rewarding yourself with a massage at the spa is more fitting.<\/p>\n
2. Read success stories. Purchase a book or browse the web to read success stories of those that have previously been in your shoes and conquered the same habit.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Seeing social proof that others have been able to achieve the task you’re facing makes the pursuit seem more manageable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are 2 more tips to help you stay on the track to put an end once and for all to the habit you identified from our earlier post: 1. Dangle a carrot. Naturally, when there is a direct reward at the end of your pursuit, you’re more inclined to give a wholehearted effort. Indulge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,3,2],"tags":[206,207,212,213,214],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","category-physical-healing","category-stress-remedies","tag-bad-habit","tag-bad-habits","tag-reward","tag-social-proof","tag-stop-bad-habits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}