from Diary 2023-12-04 People choose the option with the least amount of work.
naoya_ito I read a book on habit formation called “One habit that grows with compound interest”. I read it thinking, “That’s right.
What struck me was that “humans naturally try to choose the option with the least amount of work,” and that if something is in front of them that is easy to start with, they will naturally start on it.
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