What are ‘automatisms’ and how do we shape them?

If somebody calls you, what's the first thing you do? When you close a day, what are you doing? If something bad happens, what is your first reaction? I think the question is, what is your automatism there?

And I think this is something which is unfortunate because it happens very unconsciously. Which is a good thing because you don't think about it. But then how you build those things up has such a big impact. And so I think that's the reason why I think rituals really matter a lot, because they're so hard to set up. To craft and eventually to change, because you need to first identify them eventually.

And then changing something, which is automatic, it's really, I think, one of the tougher challenges for everybody. And it gets just harder the older you are. So this won't be easier. And the younger you are and you have set up successful habits, it's so great. It makes your life so easier.