Adding Conflict to the Story is Crucial

Just as removing friction aids in doing the activity more often, adding friction can aid to remove the bad habit, by making it difficult or cumbersome to do so.

Example: Cigarette smoking declined due to adding taxes, banning in public places and removing from vending machines.

Conflict avoidance is a type of people-pleasing behavior that typically arises from a deep rooted fear of upsetting others.

Many of these tendencies can be traced back to growing up in an environment that was dismissive or hypercritical:

• enduring uncomfortable...

When faced with difficult situations, the way we frame them mentally makes all the difference. Viewing an obstacle as an opportunity for growth can unlock creativity and resilience. Instead of asking, "Why is this happening to me?" shift the question to, "What can I learn from this?