Our lives are littered with habits, some of them get us in trouble, most of them do us quite well, nearly all of them are brazenly invisible and that's what makes it so inviting to get into the habit for the changes we want to make. The thing is, we habitually avoid changing our habits, we have a great deal of aversion reaction to anyone trying to rock the even-keel boat of our same old used-to-be behaviours. But right there, there's the trick to this species of brain-hack: It's all in building on what is already ingrained, and it's that secret that both lets P&G sell gallons of de-scenting spray to conscientious homecleaners, and let's public health workers sell the use of simple life-saving bars of soap to third-world mothers:  read more »