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How to Create a Habit: The 2 Minute Rule — Whalespan

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How to Create a Habit: The 2 Minute Rule

Peter Attia6m · 2021-11-12

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✓Well SupportedApplying the two-minute rule to meditation can help establish the habit.✓Well SupportedA strategy for habit formation is to scale down the desired habit to a task that takes two minutes or less.✓Well SupportedPerforming a brief breathing exercise (as little as one minute) after important interactions or intense work intervals can yield dividends.◐Partially SupportedThe two-minute rule helps overcome perfectionism by enabling individuals to start small and establish a habit before scaling up.Partially Supported

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Consistent short-duration efforts help establish habits before optimization.

◐Partially SupportedThe heaviest weight at the gym is the front door, emphasizing that starting is the hardest part of many endeavors.

◐Partially SupportedEstablishing a habit must precede improving or scaling it.

◐Partially SupportedStaying at the gym for no more than five minutes for the first six weeks of working out can help with long-term weight loss.