5 Triggers That Make New Habits Stick

In his best-selling book, "The Power of Habit," author Charles Duhigg explains a simple three-step process that all habits follow. This cycle, known as The Habit Loop, says that each habit consists of:

1. The Trigger: The event that starts the habit.
2. The Routine: The behavior that you perform, the habit itself.
3. The Reward: The benefit that is associated with the behavior.

Today I’d like to discuss the first factor: habit triggers. There are five primary ways that a new habit can be triggered.