Create Productive New Behaviors

Once new pathways have been created, we need to repeat the new behaviors to gain comfort and assurance. Driving a different way out of a city may have worked that one time when road construction forced us to try a new route, but we know the usual route is the one we’re most familiar with. Unless the alternate route proves to be faster or almost always less congested, we’ll revert back to the familiar behavior. Once we try the alternate route a few times, we start to remember landmarks and discover a few other ways to connect up with the alternate route. It now becomes our secret back door to exiting the city during rush hour. The additional routes we learn add greater flexibility to our commute.