Just now, I’ve watched a Tedx video on youTube: youtube.com/watch?v=AdKUJxjn-R8, by BJ Fogg.
I’ve seen this idea in books like Mini Habits, The Slight Edge and some others. I’ve even discovered that method for myself one day when I was washing dishes (see my post called “The art of doing the dishes”).
So I’ve seen this method, but what I was not aware of was the importance of the trigger, which Fogg explains at the end of his talk. The idea is to use an existing behavior to trigger a new behavior. So if you want to take a little walk two times a day you pick up some existing behavior that happens two times a day. For example “After lunch and dinner, I will walk for 2 minutes”. Or one example by Fogg “After I pee, I will make two push ups”.
It is important that the I will … is TINY. The reason for choosing it TINY is explained in the two books above which I’ve mentioned. BTW these two books are fantastic and if you haven’t read them, do yourself a service and read them.
But the explanation of how to use triggers, is best described by mr Fogg.