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The key thing about a habit really comes down to decision-making because sometimes people think about it's something that you do repeatedly, or you know, it unfolds over time.
习惯的关键之处在于决策，因为有时人们认为习惯是你反复做的事，或者是，随着时间的发展慢慢形成的事。
But really the key thing about a habit is that you're not making a decision.
但实际上，习惯的关键之处在于你没有做出决定。
You're not deciding whether to brush your teeth.
你没有决定你是否要刷牙。
You're not deciding whether to use a seatbelt.
你没有决定是否使用安全带。
You're not deciding whether to go to the gym first thing in the morning.
你没有决定是否早上醒来第一件事就去健身。
You've already decided, and the advantage of a habit is that once something's on automatic pilot, then the brain doesn't have to use any energy, or willpower to make a decision.
其实你已经决定了，而习惯的好处是，一旦某件事情进入自动模式，那么大脑就不必使用任何能量，或意志力来做决定。
You've already made that decision. You're just moving forward.
因为你已经做出了这个决定。你只是在循规蹈矩的往前走。
And so, it happens easily without any thought, without any willpower, without any effort.
因此，它就那样自然而然的发生了，无需思考，无需意志力，无需努力。
You're just on cruise control, and then you can do what you wanna get done.
你只需要巡视一圈，就可以完成你想做的事情。
Habit is like the invisible architecture of everyday life.
习惯就像日常生活中无形的建筑。
Research shows that something like 40% of what we do every day we do in pretty much the same way and in the same context.
研究表明，我们每天所做的事情，有40%都有几乎相同的方式和情境。
So it's easy to see that if you have habits that work for you, you're much more likely to be happier, healthy, and more productive.
因此，很容易看出，如果你有自己的一套习惯，你就更可能变得更快乐、更健康、更高效。
If you have habits that don't work for you, it's really gonna drag you down, because such a big part of our days is taken up by habits.
如果你的习惯跟自己不搭，它就会拖累你，因为我们的日子有很大一部分是被习惯占据的。
And this gets to the way that habits work, which is that there's this thing called the habit loop.
这就涉及到了习惯的工作方式，也就是有一种叫做习惯循环的东西。
There's three parts to it.
它分为三个部分。
There's first a cue, which is a trigger for a behavior, and then the behavior itself, which we usually refer to as a routine, or scientists refer to as routine, and then there's the reward, and the reward is actually why the habit happens in the first place.
首先是一个提示，这是一个行为的触发器，然后是行为本身，这也是我们通常或者科学家称之为的例行公事，然后是奖励，而奖励实际上是习惯先发生的原因。
It's how your brain sort of decides should I remember this pattern for the future or not?
它指的是你的大脑如何决定我是否应该为未来记住这个模式？
And the cue and the reward become neurologically intertwined until a sense of craving emerges that drives your behavior.
提示和奖励在神经系统上交织在一起，直到出现一种渴望的感觉来驱动你的行为。
And this actually explains so much of our lives, and not only our lives, but also how companies function.
而这实际上解释了我们生活中的很多事情，不仅是我们的生活，同样也包括公司的运作方式。
So what happened is that the world around us is designed to tempt us.
因此，其实我们周围所在的世界是为了诱惑我们而被设计的。
You know, one of the principles from behavioral economics is choice architecture, the idea that we, when we are placed in an environment, we make decisions as a function of the environment we're in.
就是，行为经济学的一个原则叫选择架构，也就是当我们被置于某个环境中时，我们做出的决定是我们所处环境的一个功能。
Think about the environment that we're in.
想一想我们所处的环境。
What is it about? Is it about our long-term health?
它是关于什么的？它是关于我们的长期健康吗？
Or is it about the short-term profits of that environment? You walk down the street, there's a coffee shop.
还是关于这个环境的短期利润？当你走在一条街上，街上有一家咖啡店。
What does this coffee shop want?
这家咖啡店想要什么？
They want you to be healthy in 30 years from now, or do you want them to, they, do they want you to buy another coffee right now?
他们想让你在30年后保持健康，还是他们想让你现在就再买一杯咖啡？
Dunkin' Donuts, what is their optimization function?
唐恩都乐的优化功能是什么？
Are they trying to get you to be healthy in 20 years, or to buy another donut now?
他们是想让你在20年后依然健康，还是现在再买一个甜甜圈？
Your cell phone, what is it trying to do, to get you to be a productive citizen in two years, or to check your phone a couple of more times today?
你的手机，它想做什么，是让你在两年内成为一个有生产力的公民，还是今天多看几次手机？
So what happened is that we are in an environment that tempts us all the time.
因此，情况是，我们处在一个无时无刻不在诱惑我们的环境中。
These temptations are only increasing, and because of that, we fail.
这些诱惑只会越来越多，也正因为如此，我们才会失败。
One of the mysteries of habits is why do we persist in having bad habits when we know they're not good for us, when hey know they don't make us happy?
习惯的奥秘之一是，当我们知道坏习惯对我们没有好处，当他们知道坏习惯不能使我们快乐时，为什么我们还坚持有坏习惯？
But you know, there's usually multiple things going.
但是我们都知道任何时候都会有不同的情况。
Maybe it's what you want right this minute versus what you want on the long-term.
也许是你这一刻想要的东西和你长期想要的东西。
Or maybe you want two things that are in conflict.
或者你想要的两样东西是冲突的。
