> What I've Learned. WHY Habits Form & HOW to Build Them. YouTube, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls_VFIU1Dv4>. Accessed 16 Aug. 2021. # WHY Habits form & HOW to build them > This video explores the 3 concepts behind habit formation and how to take advantage of them. - Average brain: 40% grey matter, 60% white matter - White matter is made of myelin, which is associated with the learning process - When you practice something, associated neurons become wrapped in layers of myelin, enabling nerve impulses to travel more quickly across the axons - Practice makes perfect because practice makes myelin and myelin makes perfect - Daniel Coyle, _The Talent Code_ - Charles Duhigg, _The Power of Habit_ - The amount of willpower you have is finite, and it works like a muscle: you can tire it out - A chunking pattern of neuronal activity emerges when a habit is formed thanks to the basal ganglia - Habits need a cue to kick your brain into autopilot - Use a new cue for a new habit, or an old cue to replace an existing bad habit - Acquiring the growth mindset is important to build new habits > It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. You have to do it every day — that's the hard part — but it does get easier.