Principlev1PR-183
Change the environmental context that triggers automatic…
Change the environmental context that triggers automatic patterns rather than relying on conscious intention to override them in familiar contexts.
Why This Is a Principle
Grounds in Habits as Context-Response Associations (habits triggered by stable contexts), Human memory under stress and cognitive load is unreliable… (memory under stress unreliable), and Behavior is a function of both the person… (behavior is function of person and environment). Wood's research on context disruption during life transitions provides evidence. This prescribes context modification as more reliable than willpower.