我諗好多人都一樣，有啲習慣我哋日日都做緊，不費氣力。但係當我哋想戒除一啲習慣或者增加一啲習慣嘅時候，就會覺得好困難，斷斷續續，成日不斷喺開始同埋放棄呢兩個動作中不斷輪迴。
I think many people experience difficulty in building habits. There are some habits we are doing every single day and they are part of our auto-pilot mode; however, when we want to drop or build other habits, it’s not as effortless as we would like it to be. We often find ourselves in a constant loop of starting and giving up the “habits”.
最強習慣養成 by 吉井雅之
當然我都有呢啲情況，好似寫手帳同做運動呢兩件事，我都唔知我無限輪迴左幾多次浪費咗幾多年，我都未可以完完全全將佢哋變成我自動自覺嘅習慣。就係因為呢個問題，所以我見到呢本最強習慣養成嘅時候，就覺得我睇完之後可能有所得着，所以入手。
Of course I encounter similar situations too, like writing journal and exercising. I don’t know how many times I have started and given up in the process. Years have gone by and I still can’t seem to turn them into something I can call a routine. Due to this issue, when I saw this book, I thought I might be able to get something out of it, so I bought it and started reading it.
呢本書唔係淨係叫大家迫自己去養成一啲習慣，反而佢係教大家一啲養成習慣嘅小竅門，同埋佢會用科學分析去話俾我哋知當我哋喺養成習慣呢個過程當中個大腦係諗緊啲乜嘢，點解大腦會有逃避嘅反應出現，而我哋點樣可以自我調整去令到呢啲習慣成為每日都可以堅持嘅事。
This book is not asking you to force yourself into whatever habit that you are building. It shares tips and tricks, and also it gives scientific insights of how our brains function. When we are building the habits, what is actually going through our brains? Why would the brains choose to escape instead of sticking to it? How can we adjust ourselves to facilitate the habit building process?
呢本書聽落好似會好悶，但係其實我覺得作者都用咗一個輕鬆嘅手法去解釋，同埋每一個章節唔太長，所以每日都可以花少少時間睇幾版，唔覺唔覺就睇完。我覺得佢屬於輕鬆讀物類。 買佢嘅時候對佢冇乜期望，但係我讀完都覺得有得着。
Well by now, you must think that this book sounds boring. Not really, the author talks about things in a light-hearted manner and each chapter is short, so you can just spend a few minutes a day to read a chapter and you will finish it in no time. To me, this is a light read. I didn’t expect too much when I got this book, but I am glad that I do have a few takeaways.
其中一個最大嘅得着係作者叫我哋問吓個大腦 「點樣可以完成呢件事」，「點樣可以做得到呢件事」，而唔係成日話俾自己知自己做唔到。 作者話用呢一個問題嘅方式去問我哋嘅大腦，而大腦係負責搵答案，所以當我哋一問完個問題嘅時候，大腦自己就會去尋找相關嘅答案，令到我哋做到嗰件事。我覺得呢本書除咗講習慣，當中仲包含咗正向思想。
One of the biggest takeaways is that the author asks us to throw questions like “how did I achieve this?”, “how can I accomplish this?” Instead of telling ourselves we can’t do something (which is a limiting though btw), we ask a positive question. One of the brain’s duties is to fetch answers, so when we finish asking a positive question, a positive answer will follow. Interesting, right? I think this book is not only about habit building, it also contains bit and pieces of positivity thinking as well.
所以我覺得如果你同我一樣，鍾意睇正向思維嘅嘢，同埋想培養一啲習慣，我覺得呢本書對你嚟講都會有用。
If you are like me, you are into positivity and you want to build some new habits, I think you will find this book useful.
