Want to Break a Bad Habit? Secrets Revealed

Do you want to change your habits? If you're like just about everyone, yes. Turns out that the first step to take is to know yourself.
I love dividing the world into different categories, and I've discovered that when it comes to habit-change, people fit into four categories — what I call the Rubin Character Index. If you want to change your habits, it's very helpful to know your category.
These categories describe how people tend to respond to expectations: outer expectations (a deadline, a “request” from a sweetheart) and inner expectations (write a novel in your free time, keep a New Year's resolution).
In a nutshell:

Upholders respond readily to outer and inner expectations
Questioners question all expectations; they'll meet an expectation if they think it makes sense
Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike
Obligers meet outer expectations, but struggle to meet expectations they impose on themselves

I recently gave a talk at LinkedIn about the Rubin Character Index. Over the next two weeks, I'm going to post four short videos in which I discuss each category.
First up: my discussion of Upholders — which happens to be my category. I'm 100% an Upholder, and realizing that made so many things clearer to me.

Do you know what category describes you? How does it affect your ability to change your habits? To hear more about the categories, stay tuned; I'll be posting more videos soon.

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