“A key idea behind habit tracking is to use the week's rhythm. Thus, 28 days, not 30 days, ought to be the tracking period for each habit.”

There are a handful of authors and behavior change "experts" offering various ideas about habit development.

Unfortunately, many are misleading. One such idea is that habit tracking is optional when it comes to habit development.

While it’s true that people develop habits without tracking them, those habits tend to be negative.

To develop good, positive habits, science has proven that tracking behaviors tends to be very beneficial.

Here’s why:

Tracking habits not only reinforces the habit itself, it also fosters an ancillary habit: discipline.

 "Good habits happen when planned; bad habits happen on their own."

With The Habit Factor’s P.A.R.R. methodology, habit tracking is required. In fact, the method demands you identify specific parameters and targets for each habit during successive 28-day tracking periods.

 When you track the intended habit, you not only affirm the behavior, you reinforce your intention to develop the habit.

Some habit experts offer concepts like "mini-habits," "two-minute habits," and even present "habit-stacking" and environmental design as "types" of habits that can be developed.

Regardless of the process or how you label the habit, it's the practice of tracking, ideally, for 28 days, that will more quickly foster the development of the habit!

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~mg

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