formation of an action plan serves as a commitment to act. Research shows that breaking commitments generates discomfort. As such, plans are particularly effective when they are made as commitments to another person.

Todd Rogers, Katherine L. Milkman, Leslie K. John, and Michael I. Norton (2015) suggest the following situations in which the use of planning prompts is most effective:

Empirical support

Implementation intentions have been very successful in helping individuals achieve

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