There&#x27;s also the carrot vs. stick approach for the games industry.<p>I&#x27;m proud to say that I appear to have kicked my Clash of Clans habit (which I realized I&#x27;d logged into at least 1-2x daily for a couple years straight). However the notion that I&#x27;d lose a ton of progress in my ranking, all my saved up resources, etc. was a huge barrier while I still had it in my mind that I&#x27;d continue playing it.<p>When I crossed the threshold of internalizing that worrying about making up that progress in the future was futile since I wouldn&#x27;t pick it up again, things got a lot easier