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We Can Model Thermostat Technology to Permanently Improve Our Habits
A guide to forming permanent habits for success in your ambitions.
What is a thermostat?
A thermostat is a component which senses the temperature of a physical system and adjusts the temperature so that the system’s temperature is maintained at an optimum set point.
What does this have to do with habit formation you might ask?
Well a lot.
There are behaviors that determine our success in life and all our ambitions and these behaviors have been formed along with our identity due to certain experiences and lessons we have had.
Case in point…
In a survey made by the CDC in 2018, 55.1% of adult smokers (21.5 million) said that they had made a quit attempt in the past year and 7.5% of adult smokers (2.9 million) successfully quit smoking in the year 2017.
Problem
These statistics are really low in success rates and to make matters worse, a percentage of those that are successful in the few following years end up smoking again later on. So the percentage is lower.
