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CB.12:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Wrong turnPractical repair
Choose daily participation before identifying the recurring needEstablish the real occasion and consider a simple accessible route.
Treat every missed action as weak motivationDistinguish absent opportunity, unnoticed occasion, unavailable conditions and an unwanted result.
Make starting easy but leave completion unsupportedObtain the necessary material, time, method and receiving response.
Increase reminders when nobody can supply the promised helpRepair provision or change the promise.
Report visits or a streak as a formed habitPreserve the occurrence claim and obtain an appropriate basis for automaticity if it matters.
Withdraw a useful support merely to prove independenceTest only the condition the receiving use needs, with agreement and an adequate fallback.
Keep a person returning because they have already invested effortPreserve useful access and make a new choice from current value and burden.
Treat stopping as failure despite a better alternativeEnd the support and settle any remaining accepted contribution.