Habit Stacking: Your Brain’s New Friend

They say the best way to future-proof your path as both a citizen and a professional individual is to start investing in yourself. But does investing come with a price? Well, not necessarily. In this evolving world, upskilling is necessary to keep up with the developments of the industry. Not only that, it allows you to elevate your knowledge and compete with the demands and needs of the world. Having that determination to keep learning is already an investment; you spend time finding ways to learn new skills and acquire fresh and relevant knowledge. To ensure continued education in one specific skill (e.g., public speaking, basic fashion designing, and graphic designing), you must first assess your genuine interest and the value you place on the learning process.

I once taught basic literary skills to young sexually abused girls, and it comes with reading, understanding, and writing. Critical thinking, comprehension, and literacy skills are important in this competitive industry in order to attain success and also survive, and these three were integrated into the topics as goals to achieve. Given their circumstance, it was very important for me to reconsider the teaching method and approach in order to ensure that the information they receive and activities they enjoy do not compromise their mental and emotional health. This also includes integrating one skill into a routine (e.g., after they eat their snack, we’ll let them write a short poem about the food/drink in a rhyming scheme of AABBA, and their seatmate will analyze it). What really got to me was how enthusiastic they were in every session, always keen to learn and asking to clear up anything they didn’t understand. Despite their personal challenges, their eagerness to learn was a significant first step in closing their skills gap. It was a slow process, but still real progress.

Just like them, we can start learning new skills. But it’s not enough just to know—we need to master them. A great way to do that is to build learning into our daily routines. That helps create new habits and really gets the skills to stick. Think of it as training your brain! And once you’ve mastered a skill, try habit stacking. This can be done by linking a new habit to something you already do. Because you already do the old habit regularly, the new one can easily become part of your routine. It’s like the new habit rides along with the old one, making it much easier to stick with. For example, instead of scheduling “study time,” try adding it to your morning routine on a Saturday. After brushing your teeth, spend 15 minutes reviewing techniques for public speaking or vocabulary words. 

Can’t get enough? Learn more about cultivating continuous learning habits as part of the topics discussed in our June 17 webinar, “The Importance of Continuous Learning in a Competitive Industry.” If you missed the live session, you may visit this link to acquire the recorded version. 

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