““The book The Power of Habit explains the nature of a habit in three steps, the cue, the routine and the reward. Whenever we develop a habit, according to the book, it follows that pattern. A cue acts as a trigger. My phone beeps. We respond with the routine—the habit itself. I check my email, Facebook and Twitter and return to my work ten minutes later. We then receive a reward. I feel loved because someone interacted with me. The same simple pattern is at work with spending.””
![“Cognitive psychologists define habits as, “automatic behaviors triggered by situational cues:” things we do with little or no conscious thought.[5] The products and services we use habitually alter our everyday behavior, just as their designers intended.[6] Our actions have been engineered.” quote by Nir Eyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/896/nir-eyal-1258_habits_cognitive-psychologists-define-habits-as_2511458.jpg)
