3 Steps To Troubleshoot Any Behavior, Good or Bad (Motivation Is Last!)

If you want, maybe even need to change a behavior, follow these simple steps.

Over time, we all adopt certain behaviors, whether good or bad.

A personal example: I want to wake up more grateful every day, GOOD, or I reach for the chips every time I sit on the couch, BAD.

A professional example: Every time I get feedback, I become triggered and get defensive, BAD, or I make prospecting calls every day, GOOD.

Learning how to troubleshoot behavior will impact every nook and cranny of your life. You can make minor adjustments for major gains.

Unfortunately…

Most people start with motivation, and that’s wrong.

Motivation is fickle.

It’s like a wave in a sea of hurricanes. It fluctuates dramatically and is the last thing to adjust when adjusting behavior.

In BJ Foggs book, Tiny Habits, he believes motivation is unreliable for these reasons:

• Motivation is complex.
• High levels of motivation are both scattershot and unsustainable.
• Motivation constantly fluctuates and shifts.
• Motivation towards an…