Neuro-Habits

The trigger for one behavior can be the actions of a previous behavior. For example, you always reach for a glass of wine when you get home from work. The trigger is the act of getting home, which basically tells your brain “run the get-a-glass-of-wine program now.”
Once you’re in this mode, you play out the behavior itself, or the routine.

We’ll consider habits in terms of the famous three-part habit loop outlined in Charles Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit.

Habits are there for a reason. They are your brain’s shortcuts through life, or what are called “heuristics,” mental models used to process the familiar and expected patterns of experience.

But the fact is that habits are the external, behavioral manifestations of internal brain processes—which have very little to do with willpower.

or what are called “heuristics,” mental models used to process the familiar and expected