Repeated behaviors that become automatic through practice, operating as the compound interest of self-improvement.
Tensions
Clear says habits should flow from identity ("I am a runner"), yet warns that rigid identity makes you brittle. The two-minute rule (start trivially small) and the Goldilocks rule (challenge at the edge of ability) apply to different phases: establishment vs. maintenance. No amount of clever cue-craving-response-reward design eliminates the need for raw discipline when boredom arrives.
Related Concepts
identity | decision | productivity | focus | strategy