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The Science of Habits

The way to learn something properly. On the schedule you actually have. About what you actually want to understand.

7 days 12–15 min/day Audio-first Habits · In progress
Narrated by CatalystAudio-first, on the schedule you actually have
The premise

Three layers, in the order the science developed.

Most people who try to change their habits fail. They are not failing because they lack willpower. They are failing because they have the model wrong. Charles Duhigg gave us the loop. BJ Fogg gave us the design. James Clear gave us the identity. Each one builds on the one before. This path puts them in sequence over seven days, so you finish with a working understanding of how habits actually form — and a real chance of building one that sticks.

Day 1, free

Why three books.

Day 1 names the three layers and explains why most habit-change failures come from operating on only one. You will name the habit you have been trying to change for longer than six months, and the rest of the week will be in conversation with it.

Day 1 of any path is free in the app.

Loop, design, identity — in sequence.

01
Why three books
12 min · most habit advice fails because it's missing a layer
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Duhigg: the loop
15 min · cue, routine, reward — and where habits live in the brain
03
Keystone habits and the belief requirement
15 min · why some habits cascade and others don't
04
Fogg: B = MAP
15 min · the behavior model that changes how you design change
05
Make it tiny, celebrate it
15 min · the two operational moves that turn the recipe into a habit
06
Clear: identity
15 min · the missing layer — habits as votes for who you are becoming
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Loop, design, identity
15 min · three layers, one habit, thirty days
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Why three books

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