Peter Attia· MD
Every habit in our life has three components. There is a cue, then there's a routine, and then there's a reward.
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Every habit in our life has three components. There is a cue, then there's a routine, and then there's a reward.
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A habit is a cue, a routine and a reward. That's known as the habit loop. But what happens in our brain to form that habit loop is that the part of our the basil ganglia which every animal on earth has a basil ganglia. The basil ganglia's job is essentially to make habits because without those habits we
The fundamentals have been true for thousands of years about a cue, a routine, and a reward, how our brain works and forms habits.
Right? We mentioned that a habit is a cue, a routine and a reward. That's known as the habit loop. But what happens in our brain to form that habit loop is that the part of our the basil ganglia which every animal on earth has a basil ganglia. The basil ganglia's job is essentially to make habits because without those habits we essentially can't evolve, right?